Faculty

Listed below are the faculty of the Department of Mathematics.

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
WWH 616
8-3148
Professor of Mathematics
Partial differential equations, probability theory, and stochastic homogenization
WWH 729
8-3106
Professor of Mathematics
Random dynamics, probabilistic models of mathematical physics
Bauerschmidt, Roland
Full Professor
WWH 812
8-3108
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
WWH 602
8-3243
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Algebraic geometry and related problems in algebra, topology, number theory
WWH 629
8-3090
Professor of Mathematics
Probability, random matrices, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Full Professor
WWH 1129
8-3265
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Geophysical fluid dynamics, interactions between waves and vortices, acoustics, statistical mechanics
WWH 1303
8-3184
Professor of Mathematics; Director, Courant Institute
Applied math, PDEs, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, materials science, Monte Carlo methods, computational finance
WWH 1112
8-3281
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Algebraic and geometric topology, symplectic and algebraic geometry
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Magnetohydrodynamics in fusion and astrophysical plasmas, nonneutral plasmas, kinetic theory in plasmas and rarefied gases
WWH 802
8-3282
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Differential geometry and its connections to analysis and topology
WWH 1126
8-3285
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Numerical scattering theory, ill-posed problems, scientific computing
WWH 1028
8-3288
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Spectral theory and inverse spectral theory, integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert problems
WWH 613
Professor of Mathematics
WWH 1016
2-7315
Professor of Mathematics
Multi-scale (hybrid) methods; fluctuating hydrodynamics; coarse-grained particle methods; jamming and packing
8-3289
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Economics and Mathematics
Optimal transport, mathematical finance, economic equilibrium
WWH 911
8-3269
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, stochastic modeling
Professor of Mathematics
Nonlinear partial differential equations, harmonic analysis
WWH 529
8-3326
Professor of Mathematics
Fluid dynamics, computational physics, computational finance
WWH 1117
8-3306
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, mathematical biology
WWH 1130
8-3205
Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics
Riemannian manifolds, symplectic manifolds, infinite groups, math models of biomolecular systems
WWH 829
8-3246
Professor of Mathematics
Harmonic analysis, information theory, signal processing
Han, Yanjun
Assistant Professor
WWH 630
8-3221
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Geometric analysis
Holden, Nina
WWH 813
Associate Professor of Mathematics
WWH 912
8-3245
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Ocean-ice studies, climate theory and modeling
Jacot, Arthur
WWH 1011
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kaptanoglu, Alan
Assistant Professor
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Climate dynamics, El Nino, predictability of weather and climate dynamical systems
WWH 817
8-3214
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Geometric analysis, geometric group theory and geometric evolution equations
Lei, Qi
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
WWH 503
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
WWH 717
8-3137
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Partial differential equations, geometric measure theory
WWH 1012
8-3381
Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Mathematics Department
Probability theory, statistical physics and stochastic processes
WWH 501
8-3211
Professor of Mathematics
Nonlinear parallel differential equations
WWH 1113
8-3077
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science
Applied mathematics, nonlinear wave equations, visual neural science
WWH 405
8-3464
Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Cell Biology
Robotics, genomics, finance, mathematical and theoretical computer science
WWH 903
2-7546
Professor of Mathematics and Biology
Computational Biology, Cell Biophysics and Mathematical Biology
WWH 1123
8-3475
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Statistics, probability, mathematics of data science
WWH 1119
8-3125
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Electromagnetics, acoustics, fluid dynamics, fast algorithms, integral equations and computational statistics
WWH 429
8-3121
Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Numerical linear algebra, optimization, linear and semi-definite programming
Park, Jinyoung
Assistant Professor
WWH 913
8-3170
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Climate and the general circulation of the atmosphere, moist convection, tropical meteorology, numerical modeling
WWH 917
8-3126
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science
Applications of mathematics and computing to problems in medicine and biology, cardiac fluid dynamics, molecular machinery within biological cells, mathematical/computational neuroscience
WWH 611
2-7537
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Arithmetic and algebraic geometry, number theory
WWH 1101
8-3303
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Computational biology, numerical analysis
WWH 919
8-3308
Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics
Computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics of neurons and neural circuits, sensory processing
WWH 1127
8-3317
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Fluid dynamics, non-linear dynamics, experimental physics, biophysics, and geophysics
WWH 612
8-3213
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Ginzburg-Landau equations, and variational problems from material science
Shamekh, Sara
Assistant Professor
WWH 712
8-3328
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Partial differential equations, analysis
WWH 1102
8-3284
Professor of Mathematics, Neural Science, and Mechanical Engineering, and the Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics
Applied math and modeling, visual neuroscience, fluid dynamics, computational physics and neuroscience
WWH 916
8-3176
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography and climate
2-7914
Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences, NYU
Turbulence, complex fluids, cryogenic helium and nonlinear dynamics
WWH 1111
8-3111
Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
Parallel scientific computing, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, computational earth sciences
WWH 811
8-3178
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics
WWH 1017
8-3088
Professor of Mathematics
Dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, energy transfer in systems with many degrees of freedom
WWH 1001
Professor of Mathematics
Complex and differential geometry, geometric analysis and PDEs, and their connections to algebraic geometry and dynamical systems
WWH 617
8-3145
Professor of Mathematics
Algebraic geometry, number theory, automorphic forms
WWH 1002
8-3154
Professor of Mathematics
Stochastic partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, turbulence theory
WWH 1313
8-3334
Professor of Mathematics and the Frank Jay Gould Professor of Science
Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
WWH 902
Professor of Mathematics
Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics
Wang, Hong
Associate Professor
WWH 1103
Professor of Mathematics
Applied probability, numerical analysis
Wu, Hau-Tieng
Full Professor
2MTC 864
7-3540
Professor of Mathematics
Convex geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, Partial differential equations
2MTC 850
7-3427
Professor of Mathematics
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics
WWH 702
8-3286
Silver Professor of Mathematics and the Henry & Lucy Moses Professor of Science
Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
WWH 601
8-3156
Professor of Mathematics
Geometric group theory, metric geometry, and quantitative geometry
Zanna, Laure
WWH 1116
8 3180
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
WWH 812
8-3311
Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
2MTC 852
7-3695
Professor of Mathematics
Convex geometry, Geometric analysis
WWH 1118
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Fluid dynamics, biophysics, complex systems
WWH 909
Assistant Professor
Atmosphere/Ocean Science
60 5th Ave 306
8-3494
Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Computer graphics; geometric modeling; subdivision surfaces; multiresolution surface representations; fluid and solid simulation; perceptually based methods for computer graphics

Contract Faculty

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Baihi, Abdelaziz
Adjunct Instructor
Cereste, Ken
2MTC 857
7-3570
Lecturer of Mathematics
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Cooperman, William
Damarackas, Julius
WWH 721
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diaconu, Simona
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
2MTC 878
7-3850
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Espinosa, Sylvia
WWH 724
Clinical Assistant Professor
Esposito, Joseph
2MTC 878
7-4076
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Flek, Ruslan
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Foster, Joseph
WWH 730
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Gbedemah, Amakoe
2MTC 857
7-3294
Lecturer of Mathematics
WWH 723
8-3155
Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics
Computational group theory, representation theory of finite groups, mathematics education
WWH 520
8-4855
Clinical Professor of Mathematics
Data science, econometrics, financial mathematics, machine learning, market making, optimization, portfolio optimization, quantitative & systematic trading, risk management, robo advisory & investing, smart beta strategies, stochastic optimal control, transaction costs, and tax-aware investing.
WWH 718
8-3107
Clinical Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics Education, Web Pedagogies, Differential Geometry
WWH 720
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Convex Geometry, Information Theory, Analytic Inequalities, Probability
Lu, Yiping
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
WWH 719
8-3096
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Bio-fluid Dynamics, bio-locomotion, soft condensed matter
Marquand, Lisa
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Medina, Luciano
2MTC 880
7-3039
Lecturer, Courant Tandon
Normand, Raoul
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
WWH 722
8-3229
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Stochastic processes, branching processes, mathematical biology, mathematical finance, and partial differential equations
Paleologo, Giuseppe
Adjunct Professor
Patel, Jigarkumar
WWH 719
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Qian, Jinghua
2MTC 882
7-3747
Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Freshman Mathematics for Tandon
Probability and stochastic processes, statistics, analysis
Rajendran, Naren
Adjunct Teaching Assistant
Sanfratello, Andrew
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Shi, Wenzheng
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
WWH 725
8-3375
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Stochastic differential equations, partial differential equations, geometric control theory, and Lie theory
Sia, Jia Min Charmaine
WWH 706
Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Stepp, Elizabeth
2MTC 856
7-3666
Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics
Tsang, Tin Yau
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Van Wagenen, Lindsey
2MTC 884
7-3737
Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Sophomore Mathematics for Tandon
Dynamical systems, stochastic processes, nonlinear optics
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Zhao, Fang
2MTC 874
7-3191
Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Precalculus Mathematics for Tandon

Visiting Faculty

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Francfort, Gilles
WWH 1122
8-3296
Visiting Professor of Mathematics (Spring 2019)
WWH 720
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Schenke, Andre
Postdoctoral Associate
Semenov, Vadim
Visiting Assistant Professor
Stine, Charles
Visiting Assisting Professor

Research Faculty

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Maxian, Ondrej
Assistant Research Scientist
McSwiggen, Colin
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Wu, Jiarong
Postdoctoral Associate

Associated & Affiliated Faculty

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Albergo, Michael
Postdoctoral Associate
Al Hassanieh, Nour
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor/Flatiron Research Fellow
Bou-Rabee, Ahmed
Postdoctoral Associate
Chaturvedi, Sanchit
Chen, Yifan
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Courteaut, Klara
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Assistant Professor/ Courant Instructor
Dong, Yijun
Assistant Professor/Courant Instructor
Everard, Kelsey
Postdoctoral Associate
Falga, Renaud
Postdoctoral Associate
Silver Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics
Logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language
Postdoctoral Associate
Distinguished Scientist in Residence
Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai
Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity and Mathematics
Leger, Tristan
Postdoctoral Associate
Match, Aaron
Postdoctoral Associate
Professor of Economics and Mathematics
Decision theory, order theory, applied functional analysis
Professor of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science
Mathematical biology; numerical analysis; computational chemistry
Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics
Visual physiology, perception
Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics
Representation and processing of visual information in machines and humans
Associate Professor of Radiology, Physiology, and Neuroscience
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Mathematical Physics; quantum field theory; statistical physics; computational physics
Professor of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics
Statistical mechanics; algorithms for molecular dynamics and electronic structure; computational chemistry
Wang, Yongji
Postdoctoral Associate
Associate Professor of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai
Yan, Peng
Postdoctoral Associate

Faculty Emeriti

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Computational fluid dynamics, adaptive methods for partial differential equations, parallel computing
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
WWH 1306
8-3135
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
WWH 521
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Noncommutative harmonic analysis, Lie groups and group representations, invariant partial differential operators
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Karal, Frank C.
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
WWH 502
8-3217
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Nonlinear partial differential equations, materials science, mathematical finance
WWH 810
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
2MTC 866
7-3366
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Convex geometry, geometric and analytic inequalities
WWH 1004
8-3252
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Probability, partial differential equations, complex function theory
2MTC 870
7-3386
Professor of Mathematics
Differential topology
WWH 810
8-3309
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Probability theory, statistical physics, stochastic models
WWH 730
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science
Theoretical computer science; discrete mathematics.
WWH 509
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
WWH 1027
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
WWH 511
8-3110
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Mathematics
Numerical analysis, partial differential equations, parallel computing
WWH 430
8-3056
Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Optimization; scientific computing; linear algebra

Faculty In Memoriam

Faculty name and office location Phone extension Academic title and research interests
Professor of Mathematics
Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling in finance, probability
Bazer, Jack
Burrow, Martin D.
Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science
Nonlinear stochastic behavior in physical and biological systems
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Complex analysis, computational fluid dynamics, plasma physics
Hameiri, Eliezer
Professor of Mathematics
Magneto-fluid dynamics; plasma physics; applied mathematics
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Karp, Samuel N.
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Modern applied mathematics, atmosphere/ocean science, partial differential equations
Morawetz, Cathleen S.
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Percus, Jerome K.
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Shapiro, Harold N.