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Mathematics Department

Faculty

  • Lazzaro, Gary

    CDR, USN Associate Chair, 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
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  • Cowden, Brad

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2012) B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University (2003) Arrived at USNA: July 2017

  • Andre, Peter

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

  • Chun, Carolyn

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2009 M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Louisiana State University 2009 M.S. in Mathematics, Louisiana State University 2005 B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, Rutgers University 2002
    Research Interests
    Matroids, combinatorics, graph theory
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  • Creutz, Darren

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2006 B.A., Williams College, 2003
    Research Interests
    Ergodic Theory, Measurable Group Actions, Actions of Lattices in Lie Groups, Rank-One Transformations

  • Curry, Rob M.

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, 2018 M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida, 2014 B.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Arkansas, 2013
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  • Foraker, Jay

    CAPT, USN 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., Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy (1993)
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  • Graves, Mitch

    Capt, USMC Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: June 2020 M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2020 M.S.E. Robotics, University of Pennsylvania, 2014 B.S. Systems Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 2013

  • Hawks, Matthew A

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: June 2015 Ph.D. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School Naval Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.B.A., University of Memphis B.S., Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy (1994)
    Research Interests
    Optimization, Graph Theoretic Statistics
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  • Im, Mee Seong

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.A. in Mathematics, University of Georgia M.Phil. in Mathematics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, University of Georgia
    Research Interests
    Algebraic geometry, representation theory, mathematical physics, low-dimensional topology
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  • Knitt, Matthew

    CDR (select), USN Master Instructor Arrived at USNA 2019 M.S., Applied Science (Operations Research), Naval Postgraduate School 2007 B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy 2006
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  • Lee, Jinho

    CDR, ROKN Exchange Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2020 Ph.D. Operations Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2012 M.S. Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea, 2006 B.S. Electrical Engineering, ROK Naval Academy, 2002
    Research Interests
    Stochastic Optimization, Network Science and Optimization, Simulation
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  • Lesaja, Goran

    Visiting Professor William R. Davis '68 Distinguished Chair in Mathematics Visiting Professor for the Academic Year 2020-2021 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematical & Computational Sciences, University of Iowa 1996
    Research Interests
    Optimization Theory and Methods, Interior-Point Methods, Operations Research, Statistical Disclosure Limitation, Dynamical Systems
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  • Lineberry, Jeffrey

    LCDR, USN Arrived at USNA: July 2020 Doctoral Candidate, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Univ. of Oklahoma M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2012 B.B. Marketing, St. Edward's University, 2003 A.A. Liberal Arts, San Antonio College, 1999
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Risk-Based Systems Analytics
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  • Lockhart, Jody M.

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

  • Lourenco, Chris

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2020 B.S. Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, 2015
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Sparse Matrix Algorithms, Computational Linear Algebra, Exact Optimization, Graph Theory
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  • Matthews, Jennifer

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA 2019 Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics (Biostatistics), Old Dominion University M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School M.S., Defence Technology and Systems, National University of Singapore B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy (2000)
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  • McCoy, Peter A.

    Prof. Emeritus (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

    CAPT, 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
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  • Minut, Aurelia

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

  • Nakos, George

    Professor (Retired) Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
    Research Interests
    Topology, Computer Algebra

  • Park, Junhyung

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles M.S., Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles M.A., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Economics and Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
    Research Interests
    Statistics, Point Processes
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  • Ruth, David

    CAPT, USN Permanent Military Professor Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School M.A., Mathematics, University of Texas B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy
    Research Interests
    Nonparametric statistics and operations research
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  • Seglem, Kai

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: Aug 2017 M.S. in Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2012 B.S. in Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 2005
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  • Smith, Christian

    LCDR, USN Junior Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA 2019 M.S., Systems Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School 2020 M.S., Engineering Management, Old Dominion University 2012 B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy 2007
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  • Svirsko, Anna

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh M.S. Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill B.S. Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
    Research Interests
    Optimization, Simulation, Healthcare Operations
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  • Thompson, Kate

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Georgia M.A., Mathematics, University of Georgia B.S., Mathematics, Oglethorpe University B.A., Music History and Theory, Oglethorpe University
    Research Interests
    Number Theory
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