Faculty

Our Department takes pride in its reputation for great teaching, cutting-edge research, and the personal attention we give our students.

Five of our current faculty members have won Kroepsch-Maurice Awards for Excellence in Teaching; two members have won the University Scholar award; and one member has won the University Distinguished Professor award.

Department Chair

Jianke "Jackie" Yang

Williams Professor of Mathematics • University Distinguished Professor • University Scholar • Chairperson

jxyang@uvm.edu
Expertise

Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear Waves, Nonlinear Optics, Numerical Methods

Full Time Faculty

Spencer Backman

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Spencer.Backman@uvm.edu
Expertise

Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics.

James Bagrow

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

james.bagrow@uvm.edu
Expertise

Network Science, Complex Systems, Data Science and Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, Mathematical Modeling

Kevin Beard

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Kevin.Beard@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistics Education

Karen Benway

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Karen.Benway@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistics Education.

Jeffrey S. Buzas

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director of Statistics

Jeff.Buzas@uvm.edu
Expertise

Measurement Error Models, Instrumental Variables.

Nichole Caisse

Senior Lecturer

Nichole.Caisse@uvm.edu
Expertise

Her research has covered topics such as fluid dynamics and effectiveness of arts integration in the Mathematics classroom.

Bernard "Chip" Cole

Director, VT Space Grant Consortium & VT NASA EPSCoR • Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director, Vermont State EPSCoR

Bernard.Cole@uvm.edu
Expertise
  • cancer biostatistics
  • longitudinal data analysis
  • clinical trials
  • chemoprevention studies

Abigail Crocker

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director, Justice Research Center

abigail.crocker@uvm.edu
Expertise

Applied Statistics, Community-Engaged Research, Research Methods, Incarceration, Justice Involved Populations, Social Determinants of Health, Restorative Justice

Chris Danforth

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director, Vermont Advanced Computing Center • Co-Director, Computational Story Lab • Associate Director, Vermont Complex Systems Institute • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment

chris.danforth@uvm.edu
Expertise

Computational social science, complex systems, chaos, global happiness, health benefits of nature.

Miki Dash

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

miriam.dash@uvm.edu
Expertise

Francois Dorais

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

francois.dorais@uvm.edu
Expertise

Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

Taylor Dupuy

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Taylor.Dupuy@uvm.edu
Expertise

Arithmetic Geometry, Differential Algebra, and Applied Model Theory.

Erika Edwards

Research Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Erika.Edwards@uvm.edu
Expertise

Perinatal epidemiology, health care quality measurement, health care utilization, quality improvement evaluation.

Mike Miller Eismeier

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Mike.Miller-Eismeier@uvm.edu
Expertise

Gauge theory, low-dimensional topology, homological algebra.

Krisan Geary

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Krisan.Geary@uvm.edu
Expertise

Mathematics Education

Daniel Hathaway

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Daniel.Hathaway@uvm.edu
Expertise

Jim Hefferon

Senior Lecturer

jheffero@uvm.edu
Expertise

Theory of Computation, Free textbooks.

Jeffrey Jewell

Lecturer

jeffrey.jewell@uvm.edu
Expertise

Mathematics Education

Tony Julianelle

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Anthony.Julianelle@uvm.edu
Expertise

Himali Kalanchige

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Expertise

Statistics, Bootstrap

Joseph Kudrle

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jkudrle@uvm.edu
Expertise

Undergraduate Education, Supplemental Educational Options, Online Course Development, Actuarial Advising.

Taras Lakoba

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Taras.Lakoba@uvm.edu
Expertise

Stability of Numerical Methods, Perturbation Theory, Nonlinear Waves, Fiber Optics.

Jacob Martin

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jacob.W.Martin@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistics Education.

Katherine Merrill

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Katherine.Merrill@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistics Education and Mathematics Education.

Alice Patania

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

apatania@uvm.edu
Expertise

Topological data analysis, computational topology, network neuroscience, network science, math. 

Helen Read

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Vice Chairperson

helen.read@uvm.edu
Expertise

Integrating computer technology into mathematics instruction.

David Rockoff

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

David.Rockoff@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistics and Data Science Education.

Puck Rombach

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

puck.rombach@uvm.edu
Expertise

Graph coloring, Random graphs, Algorithms and complexity, Graph representations of matroids, Crime network modeling, Core-periphery/centrality detection in networks.

Joan "Rosi" Rosebush

Senior Lecturer • Director of Student Success

jrosebus@uvm.edu
Expertise

Prevention of Mathematics Anxiety

Richard Single

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Richard.Single@uvm.edu
Expertise

Biostatistics.

Roger Tenore

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Roger.Tenore@uvm.edu
Expertise

General Statistics and Education.

Christelle Vincent

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

christelle.vincent@uvm.edu
Expertise

Number Theory, Arithmetic Geometry, and Mathematical Cryptography.

Greg Warrington

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

gswarrin@uvm.edu
Expertise

Algebraic Combinatorics, Mathematics of Gerrymandering.

J. Michael Wilson

Professor Emeriti, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jmwilson@uvm.edu
Expertise

Fourier Analysis; Littlewood-Paley Theory; Weighted Norm Inequalities.

Jean-Gabriel Young

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jean-Gabriel.Young@uvm.edu
Expertise

Statistical Inference, Data Science, Complex Networks, Complex Systems.

Jun Yu

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jun.yu@uvm.edu
Expertise

Applied Mathematics, Modeling, Biomathematics.

Sam Zhang

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

sam.zhang@uvm.edu
Expertise

Computational social science, data science, applied statistics, scientific careers, inequality and biases in academia, peer review.