The U.S. Naval Academy
Mathematics Department

Faculty

  • Foraker, Jay

    CDR, USN Associate Chair, Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: October 2011 Ph.D. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School M.A. National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College M.S. Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. Electrical Engineering, USNA (1993)

  • Alevras, Alexis

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
    Research Interests
    Operator Algebras, E0-semigroups

  • Allman, Justin

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
    Research Interests
    K-theory of Schubert varieties, Schubert calculus, representation theory

  • Andre, Peter

    Professor Ph.D., Yale University
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Monte Carlo Events with Analysis of Tactics and Equipment

  • Baker, B. Mitchell

    Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
    Research Interests
    Mathematical Physics, Operator Algebras, Dynamical Systems, Random Walks, Chaos

  • Buchanan, James L.

    Professor Ph.D., University of Delaware
    Research Interests
    Partial Differential Equations

  • Chun, Carolyn

    Assistant Professor Arrived at USNA: January 2016 PhD, Louisiana State Univ, 2009 MFA in creative writing, Louisiana State University 2009 MS in mathematics, Louisiana State University 2005 BS in physics and mathematics, Rutgers University 2002
    Research Interests
    Matroids, combinatorics, graph theory

  • Colborg, Severine R

    Lt Col, USAF Instructor Arrived at USNA: Oct 2013 B.S. in Operations Research, USAFA, May 1997 M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University, Dec 2001

  • Crawford, Phillip

    LT, USN Instructor Arrived at USNA: June 2015 B.S. Mathematics, USNA, 2008 M.S. Operations Research, George Mason University 2015

  • D'Archangelo, James M.

    Professor (retired) Johns Hopkins University Ph.D.
    Research Interests
    Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing, Acoustics, Mechanical Vibration, Parallel Processing, Relational Data Bases

  • Davis, Kirsten E.

    LT, USN Senior Instructor Arrived at USNA: May 2012 M.S. in Operations Research, University of Delaware, Jan 2009 B.S. in Quantitative Economics, USNA, May 2007

  • Fitzsimmons, Van R.

    CDR, USN Arrived at USNA: May 2015 B.S. in Civil Engineering, Cornell University, May 1999 M.S. in Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Mar 2015

  • Garcia, Sonia M.

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago
    Research Interests
    Numerical Analysis of Finite Element Methods, Stability and Convergence of Parabolic Equations

  • Hawks, Matthew A

    CDR, USN Ph.D. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S., Mechanical Engineering, USNA (1994)
    Research Interests
    Optimization, Graph Theoretic Statistics

  • Herzog, Martin D.

    Academic Center Math Learning Specialist M.S., Johns Hopkins University MEd, University of North Florida

  • Hetherington III, Noble

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: June 2012 M.S. Engineering Acoustics (USW), Naval Postgraduate School B.S. Applied Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.

  • Hoffman, Michael E.

    Professor Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research Interests
    Algebraic Topology and Algebraic Combinatorics

  • Kenter, Franklin

    Assistant Professor PhD, UCSD, 2013
    Research Interests
    graph theory

  • Konkowski, Debbie A.

    Professor Ph.D. (Physics), University of Texas
    Research Interests
    Mathematical Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology

  • Lazzaro, Gary

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: August 2016 Ph.D. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2016 M.S. Management, Naval Postgraduate School, 2013 B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1996
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Optimization, Network Defense and Interdiction

  • Lockhart, Jody M.

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois
    Research Interests
    Combinatorial Group Theory, Recursive Unsolvability, Chain Addition Cycles, Cryptography

  • Lunasin, Evelyn

    Assistant Professor PhD, University of California, Irvine
    Research Interests
    Partial Differential Equations, Fluid Mechanics

  • Malek-Madani, Reza

    Professor, USNA Director of Research Ph.D., Brown University
    Research Interests
    Applied Mathematics, Shock waves, Nonconvex Functionals, Thermoelastic Shearband Stability

  • McCoy, Peter A.

    Professor (retired) Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Research Interests
    Partial Differential Equations, Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions, Signal and Image Processing, Wavelets, Electromagnetics

  • McGrath, Richard

    CDR, USN, Permanent Military Professor Ph.D., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School M.A., National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College M.S., Civil Engineering, Stanford University B.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Stochastic Models, Decision Theory, Game Theory

  • Minut, Aurelia

    Associate Professor Ph.D., Michigan State University
    Research Interests
    Partial Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear Optics, Scattering Theory, Integral Equations, Inverse Problems

  • Moen, Courtney H.

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago
    Research Interests
    Number Theory and Group Representations

  • Parker, Jeffrey

    Maj, USMC Arrived at USNA: July 2015 B.S., Quantitative Economics, USNA (2006) M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School

  • Price, Geoffrey

    Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
    Research Interests
    Operator Algebras

  • Rayburg, Casey

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: April 2013 B.S. Computer Science, University of North Florida M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School

  • Rex, Bryan

    CDR, USN M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2014
    Research Interests
    Operations research

  • Ruth, David

    CAPT, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: November 2009 Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School M.A., Mathematics, University of Texas B.S., Mathematics, USNA
    Research Interests
    Nonparametric statistics and operations research

  • Selbach-Allen, Megan

    Capt, USMC Instructor Arrived at USNA: May 2015 B. S. in Applied Mathematics, USNA May 2009 MSc in Mathematical Science, University of Liverpool 2010 MPhil in Mathematics, Infectious Disease Modeling, University of Liverpool 2013

  • Skipper, Daphne

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Kentucky
    Research Interests
    Discrete and Global Optimization

  • Szurovy, Melissa

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor B.S. Industrial Engineering, Penn State University M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School

  • Tabar, Matthew

    LCDR BS: Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati MS: Operations Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School Arrived: Oct 2013
    Research Interests
    Game Theory, Optimization

  • Withers, Wm. Douglas

    Professor Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
    Research Interests
    Image Compression, Dynamical Systems
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