Dr. Ferhan Atici Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1995. Associate Professor Research Interests: --    Difference equations, differential equations,    analysis on a time scale. Dr. Melanie Autin Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2007. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Generalized additive models; statistical education;     environmental statistics. Dr. James B. Barksdale, Jr. Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1969. Professor (WKU Transitional Retirement Plan Participant) Research Interests: --    Functional analysis, normed linear spaces,    Banach spaces. Dr. Tilak Bhattacharya Ph.D., Purdue University, 1988. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Nonlinear PDEs. Dr. Barry Brunson Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982. Professor Research Interests: --    Probability theory, statistical inference. Dr. Robert Crawford Ph.D., Indiana University, 1970. Professor Research Interests: --    Category theory; theoretical computer science. Dr. Bela Csaba Ph.D., Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 2000. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Graph theory; combinatorics; probabilistic methods;    theoretical computer science. Dr. Molly Dunkum Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2005. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Homological Algebra. Dr. Constance C. Edwards Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1975. Associate Professor Research Interests: --    Mathematics Education and curriculum design    including content and layout styles for "books for    dummies" that present easy text on using calculators. Dr. Claus Ernst Ph.D., Florida State University, 1988. Professor Research Interests: --    Low dimensional, geometric topology and    knot theory; physical knots and their applications    to molecular biology and chemistry. Dr. Jemal Gishe Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2006. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Orthogonal polynomials; special functions;    symbolic computations. Dr.  Peter Hamburger Ph.D. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Hungary, 1971 Professor & Department Head Research Interests: --    Combinatorics, topology,    and graph theory. Dr. Nezam Iraniparast Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1984. Professor Research Interests: --    Partial differential equations; specifically, hyperbolic    characteristic initial boundary value problems which can    be described as determining waves from prescribed    initial data and the data along the paths of propagation. Dr. Bruce Kessler Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1997. Professor Research Interests: --    Approximation theory, wavelet theory and its applications    to signal processing, the use of fractal surfaces to generate    scaling vectors and multiwavelets for analyzing digital    images. Dr. Dominic Lanphier Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1999. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Number theory, automorphic forms and    L-functions, discrete mathematics. Dr. Hope Marchionda Ph.D., Clemson University, 2006. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Mathematics Education. Dr. David Neal Ph.D., University of Florida, 1988. Professor Research Interests: --    Probability theory, stochastic processes,    random walks, statistical inference. Dr. Lan Nguyen Ph.D., Ohio University, 2002. Associate Professor Research Interests: --    Semigroups of operators and Cauchy problems;    autonomous and nonautonomous differential equations    in abstract spaces. Dr. Attila Por Ph.D., Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary), 2003. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Combinatorial geometry, combinatorics,    convex geometry. Dr. Jonathan Toyhacao Quiton Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2007. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Parametric and nonparametric methods in survival    analysis; recurrent events; applied stochastic processes;    statistical methods for biological rhythmic data. Dr. Bettina Richmond Ph.D., Florida State University, 1985. Professor Research Interests: --    Algebra, Hopf algebra structure theory. Dr. Tom Richmond Ph.D., Washington State University, 1986. Professor Research Interests: --    General topology, ordered sets, partially ordered    topological spaces, compactifications. Dr. Mark Robinson Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1991. Professor Research Interests: --    Numerical solutions of differential equations. Dr. John Spraker Ph.D., Indiana University, 1987. Professor Research Interests: --    Complex variables, operator theory,    and differential equations . Dr. Wanda Weidemann Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, 1990. Professor Research Interests: --    Mathematics education, curriculum development to    enhance the content knowledge of both preservice    and inservice teachers. Dr. Di Wu Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2006. Assistant Professor Research Interests: --    Computational Biology and Optimization.