Contact Information

Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy

572C Holloway Road, Annapolis, MD 21402

410-293-6724

zarikian@usna.edu

Research Interests

• Operator spaces and completely bounded maps
• Operator algebras

Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics, UCLA, June 2001
• M.S. Mathematics, Purdue University, May 1996
• B.S. Mathematics and B.S. Computer Engineering, UCF, May 1994

Academic Positions

• 2018-2022, Chair, Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy
• 2017-present, Professor, Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy
• 2010-2017, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy
• 2005-2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, U.S. Naval Academy
• 2004-2005, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Cincinnati
• 2001-2004, VIGRE Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas

Awards

• 2024-2027, AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grant for PUI (Primarily Undergraduate Institution) Faculty
• 2018, Class of 1951 Civilian Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2009, Nebraska IMMERSE Early Career Faculty Member