Regular Faculty
Eric Sundberg, Chair
Professor, Mathematics
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Eric Sundberg's research focuses on positional game theory, combinatorics, and graph theory.
Treena Basu
Associate Professor, Mathematics
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas; Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of South Carolina
Treena Basu primarily works on developing numerical solutions to fractional partial differential equations. She is currently pursuing research in applications of data science in the field of educational data mining and medical data. Read her Oxy Story profile.
Jim L. Brown
Professor, Mathematics
B.S. Michigan State University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Jim Brown's research is in number theory, with a particular emphasis in modular forms and arithmetic geometry.
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Ron Buckmire
Professor, Mathematics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ron Buckmire has spent multiple decades in higher education, gathering experience, expertise, and accolades as a teacher, researcher, and administrator.
Ramin Naimi
Professor, Mathematics
B.S., UCLA; Ph.D., Caltech
Ramin Naimi is a topologist with research interests in spatial graph theory, low dimensional topology, and knot theory.
Timothy Rainone
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Timothy’s work and interests lie in the field of operator algebras, which bridges ideas in functional and harmonic analysis, group theory and dynamical systems.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Nishu Lal
Visiting Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.S., UC, Irvine; Ph.D., UC Riverside
Nishu's research focuses on spectral analysis on fractals, specifically Laplacian and spectral zeta functions on self-similar fractals and self-similar graphs
Jeffrey Miller
Resident Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S. UC Davis; M.A., Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara