Our faculty members are scholars who actively contribute to their disciplines of interest
— such as linear algebra, operations research, graph theory, differential equations,
probability, statistics, approximation theory, dynamical systems, numerical analysis,
wavelet analysis, enumerative combinatorics, spline functions, computational mathematics,
design theory, algorithmic number theory, cryptography, functional differential equations,
stability theory, monotone iterative techniques and generalized quasi-linearization.
Our students have contact with these active professionals from day one as freshmen.
Our faculty welcome student collaboration, both in class and through independent research projects under their guidance.
Professor of Mathematics
Research interests include: Ordinary differential equations and dynamical systems,
difference and functional equations, integral equations, and electromagnetic theory
and its applications.
Earl and Marian A. Beling Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor Emeritus of
Mathematics
Research interests include: Spline functions, approximation theory, wavelet analysis,
numerical analysis, enumerative combinatorics, and some topics in computational mathematics.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Research interests include: Non- and semi-parametric statistical analysis.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Professor and Chair of Mathematics Department
Research interests include:Decompositions, embeddings, and labelings of graphs, digraphs,
and hypergraphs.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research interests include: Algorithmic number theory and its applications to cryptography.
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Research interests include: Convexity, linear algebra, mathematical programming, and
linear complementarity theory.
Trevor Jack
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
My research interests are in semigroups and computational complexity, particularly
checking if a semigroup given by generators exhibits some specified property (e.g.
regularity, nilpotency). I also study generalizations of conjugacy to semigroups,
especially inverse semigroups.
Bryanna Petentler
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
She received her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Iowa. She currently works
on equations describing fluid dynamics, but also has an interest in modeling population
dynamics for animals and prehistoric human populations. She is also interested in
anthropology and participated in an archeology dig in 2016. She received her undergraduate
degree in mathematics and anthropology from Illinois State University and is very
excited to be back in Bloomington-Normal.
