UC Davis Math: List of Faculty

List of Faculty in the Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics (GGAM)

GGAM comprises faculty members from departments across the campus, including its home, the Department of Mathematics. Below is a brief description of faculty research, links to personal and departmental web pages plus some "Related Courses" which can serve as a general study guideline for students interested in research with a particular faculty member. Students who want a more complete description of a faculty member's research interests are encouraged to contact them.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics	Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Applied Science	Biomedical Engineering
Bodega Marine Laboratory	Center for Computational Science and Engineering
Center for Neuroscience	Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Computer Science
Economics	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Environmental Science and Policy	Evolution and Ecology
Geology	Graduate School of Management
Land, Air and Water Resources	Mathematics
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering	Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Neurology	Physics
Radiology	Statistics

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Name	Research/Related Courses
Abdel-Ghaffar, Khaled	Error correcting codes; discrete mathematics with applications
Aldredge, Ralph	Analytical, computational and experimental studies of turbulent flame propagation; diamond synthesis via chemical vapor disposition; combustion instabilities; development of algorithms for the computational study of reactive-flow dynamics
Bai, Zhaojun	Numerical linear algebra (theory, algorithm development & analysis)
Barakat, A.I.	Biofluid dynamics, cellular mechanics. [Related Courses]
Benham, Craig	Biomathematical Sciences
Biello, Joseph A.	Multiscale asymptotics for PDEs; atmospheric science; fluid dynamics. [Related Courses]
Bishop, Matt	Computer and information security, assurance, vulnerabilities analysis, design of secure systems and software, formal models of access control, network security, intrusion detection.
Bremer, James	Computational harmonic analysis; harmonic analysis on graphs and manifolds; numerical analysis. [Related Courses]
Buonocore, Michael H.	Medical imaging, biofluid dynamics, and Inverse scattering problems.
Burman, Prabir	Discrete data, model fitting/selection, nonparametric curve estimation, nonparametric image analysis, asymptotic theory, time series.
Carmichael, Owen	Late-life cognitive decline, neuroimaging, medical image analysis, computer vision, and 3D modeling. [Related Courses]
Chang, Tsu-Shuan	Linear and nonlinear programming, global optimization, neural networks, control systems and manufacturing systems.
Chattot, J.	Characteristic based schemes; transonic flows; mesh generation.
Chau, Ling-Lie (Professor Emerita)	Integrable-system approach to 4-d quantum field theory and normal-matrix model.
Cheer, Angela	Computational fluid dynamics; mathematical biofluid dynamics; mathematical models in biology.
Chen, Shu-hua	Numerical modeling in Atmospheric Science.
Cheng, Harry B.	Information science and technology in design and manufacturing, computational science, numerical analysis, multimedia, real-time computing, robotics.
Crutchfield, James	Physics of computation, dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, structural complexity, evolutionary dynamics, machine learning, and distributed robotics. [Related Courses]
D'Souza, Raissa	Network theory, statistical physics, computational science, probability, applied math, cellular automata, and networking protocols.
Davidson, Ian	Algorithm design for data mining and other areas of artificial intelligence. Applications to novel high impact areas of social importance. [Related Courses]
De Loera, Jesus	Discrete mathematics, algorithms in algebra and geometry. [Related Courses]
Delplanque, Jean-Pierre	Computational and theoretical fluid dynamics and transport phenomena. Multiphase flows, inert and reactive; emerging materials processing methodologies; free surface and interfacial flows; microscale transport phenomena and fluidics; bioengineering applications.
Ditterich, Jochen	Our lab is interested in neural mechanisms underlying higher-order brain functions linking perception and action, especially decision making. We are working on answering the question how the brain processes sensory information and combines it with other information in order to select what action to take next and when to take that action. So far, these mechanisms have mainly been studied from a psychological point of view, whereas neurophysiologists have largely concentrated on lower-level mechanisms. We are trying to bridge this gap by utilizing both behavioral and neurophysiological methods and by using mathematical models for exploring potential neural mechanisms.
El-Farra, Nael H.	Process conrol, dynamics and design; computational modeling and simulation.
Faller, Roland	Simulation of soft-condensed matter by Monte Carlo or Molecular Dynamics simulation. Development of Advanced Simulation Techniques.
Fan, Yueyue	Network optimization, decision making under uncertainty, and civil infrastructure systems management, with an emphasis on applied mathematics.
Fannjiang, Albert	Partial differential equations.
Farouki, Rida T.	Geometrical algorithms and representations; computer-aided design and manufacturing; numerical analysis and scientific computing; particle simulation schemes (Coulomb systems); geometrical optics.
Freund, Roland	Numerical linear algebra; iterative solution of large linear systems; dimension reduction of large-scale systems; linear algebra problems in information retrieval; sparse matrix computations; numerical solution of partial differential equations; computational photonics; algorithms for VLSI circuit and device stimulation; numerical problems in control theory; structured matrices; interior-point methods, large-scale optimization problems; semidefinite programming.
Goldman, Mark	Computational neuroscience
Gravner, Janko	Probability; cellular automata. [Related Courses]
Grotjahn, Richard	Atmospheric sciences general circulation, dynamics, numerical modeling, observations. [Related Courses]
Gundes, A. Nazli	Linear and nonlinear systems; multi-input, multi-output feedback control systems; decentralized control design; robust and reliable control design.
Guy, Robert	Mathematical biology, mathematical modeling, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, and numerical analysis.
Gygi, François	Numerical methods of quantum mechanics; Large-scale parallel computing; Molecular dynamics. [Related Courses]
Hafez, Mohamed	Mechanical Engineering. Transonic aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics; numerical solutions of partial differential equations.
Hamann, Bernd	Computert-aided geometric design (CAGD); Scientific Visualization and computer graphics; Grid/mesh generation (triangulation methods), computer vision (edge/feature detection), and robotics. [Related Courses]
Harter, Thomas	Flow and transport processes in ground water and in the vadose zone; stochastic analysis of such processes in heterogeneous porous systems; numerical modeling; assessment and remediation of ground water contamination; nonpoint source pollution of ground water; geostatistics. Check out this site to view videos of a colloquium, Advanced Modeling Concepts for Environmental Sciences.
Hass, Joel	Mathematics, topology, differential geometry, mathematical physics.
Hastings, Alan	Environmental Studies and Mathematics. Theoretical population biology including mathematical ecology and mathematical genetics; qualitative theory of differential equations, differential delay equations, bifurcation theory.
Hunter, John Kelso	Nonlinear wave propagation, continuum mechanics, singular perturbation methods, and nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations.
Jensen, Niels Gronbech	Numerical analysis and methods for molecular modeling, self-assembly in molecular ensembles, computational molecular and statistical mechanics, radiation damage in crystalline materials, vortex dynamics, perturbation techniques for nonlinear oscillators and soliton systems, Josephson systems, superconducting device physics, phase-locking.
Joy, Ken	Computer graphics, computer image synthesis, computer aided geometric design, parallel algorithms in computer graphics.
Kellogg, Louise H.	Geodynamics (continuum mechanics applied to geologic problems). Computational fluid dynamics; models of convection in the Earth's mantle and viscoelastic deformation in the Earth's crust. http://www.keckcaves.org/ [Related Courses]
Koehl, Patrice	My research program focus on understanding protein structures. I am interested in characterizing their shapes using mathematical and computational approaches, and to use this information to improve our understanding of their stability. I am also interested in characterizing the subset of sequence space compatible with a protein structure: this is an indirect approach to understanding protein sequence evolution. In parallel, I am involved in the development of new algorithms for predicting the structure of a protein, based on its sequence. My department web pages are: http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/koehl.html in CS and http://genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/koehl_cv.html at the Genome Center.
Koeppe, Matthias	Mathematical optimization, in particular integer programming and mixed-integer programming; computational discrete mathematics [Related Courses]
Kollmann, Wolfgang	Turbulence; turbulent combustion; numerical simulation of turbulent flows.
Largier, John L.	Study of hydrodynamics and dispersion in coastal ocean, including bays, estuaries and nearshore. Dispersion problems related to environmental issues, e.g., water quality, population ecology, algal blooms, estuarine habitat. Hydrodynamic problems include stratified flow, surface wind forcing, flow-topography interactions (e.g., jets, wakes, boundary layers), and waves/tides/internal waves. [Related Courses]
Levy, Bernard C	Mulitdimensional signal processing, statistical signal processing inverse problems, estimation and stochastic processes, linear systems theory, scientific computation. [Related Courses]
Lewis, Timothy J.	Mathematical physiology, neuroscience, cardiac electrophysiology.
Lin, C. -Y. Cynthia	Environmental and natural resource economics, energy economics, industrial organization, game theory, optimal control theory, structural econometric estimation of dynamic optimization problems, structural econometric estimation of static and dynamic games, spatial analysis.
Marino, M.A.	Simulation & optimization of hydrologic & water resource systems.
Mogilner, Alexander	Mathematical biology. [Related Courses]
Morris, Benjamin	Markov chain Monte Carlo, random walks on graphs, randomized algorithms, probability on trees.
Mueller, Hans-Georg	Functional Data Analysis, Semiparametric Modelling, Applications in Biodemography, Genetics, Medicine, e-Commerce and Finance. [Related Courses]
Mulase, Motohico	Mathematics. Algebra, geometry, global analysis and mathematical physics.
Nachtergaele, Bruno L.Z.	Mathematical physics; statistical mechanics; quantum spin systems; rigorous results in quantum mechanics and condensed matter physics; quantum information and computation. [Related Courses]
Nathan, Terry R.	Stability theory, asymptotic methods, nonlinear dynamics.
Phillips, Ron J.	Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; suspension mechanics. [Related Courses]
Pizzo, Alessandro	Quantum Mechanics; Quantum Field Theory. [Related Courses]
Powell, Robert	Fluid and suspension mechanics and rheology.
Puckett, E. Gerry	Numerical solutions of PDEs, thermodynamics, phase transitions, combustion, droplets, geophysis.
Raychaudhuri, Subhadip	Computational and theoretical modeling of cellular signaling, cell receptor clustering, diffusion of signaling molecules inside a tightly packed cell, the design principles of signaling networks, programmed cell death (apoptosis).
Rocke, David	Robust statistics, computational statistics, game theory, quality control.
Rogaway, Phillip	Cryptography, distributed computing, network security, protocols, theory of computation.
Rundle, John B.	Computational science & engineering; complex multiscale systems; driven threshold systems, including earthquakes and neural networks; statistical physics.
Saito, Naoki	Applied and computational harmonic analysis, statistical signal processing, image analysis, feature extraction, pattern recognition, potential theory,elliptic eigenvalue problems, geophysical inverse problems, human and machine perception. [Related Courses]
Sanchirico, James N.	Environmental and natural resource economics, mathematical ecology and epidemiology, optimal control theory, spatial and dynamic analysis of economic-ecological models, bioeconomic analysis, panel data econometric estimation.
Savageau, Michael A.	Function, Design, and Evolution of Cellular and Molecular Networks [Related Courses]
Schipper, Burkhard	Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Industrial Organization, Bounded Rationality [Related Courses]
Schreiber, Sebastian J.	Applications of dynamical systems and stochastic processes to ecology, epidemiology, and evolution. [Related Courses]
Schwarz, Albert	I work in quantum field theory and string theory applying methods of modern mathematics, especially topology, noncommutative geometry and arithmetic geometry. [Related Courses]
Shkoller, Steve	Geometric and nonlinear PDEs, geometry, hydrodynamics.
Smith, Anne	Computational neuroscience.
Soshnikov, Alexander	Random matrix theory; probability theory; mathematical physics; combinatorics. [Related Courses]
Strohmer, Thomas	Numerical analysis, applied harmonic analysisk digital signal processingk approximation theory, scientific computing. [Related Courses]
Sukumar, N.	Computational solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, microstructural modeling, finite element and meshless methods, level set methods, computational geometry, numerical analysis of PDEs, object-oriented programming. [Related Courses]
Temple, J. Blake	Shock waves, general relativity, applied analysis. [Related Courses]
Thomases, Becca	Partial differential equations, nonlinear elasticity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, mechanics of deformable solids. [Related Courses]
Tracy, Craig A.	Mathematical physics; statistical mechanics, the theory of exactly solvable models, completely integrable systems. [Related Courses]
Vemuri, V. Rao	Artifical neural networks, artifical life; simulation and modeling, computer architecture; optimization, genetic algorithms. [Related Courses]
Wang, Jane-Ling	Dimension reduction methods; functional data analysis; longitudinal data analysis; nonparametric functional estimation; aging research; survival analysis. [Related Courses]
Wets, Roger J-B	Stochastic optimization, approximation theory for optimization problems, nonsmooth analysis.
Woodruff, David	Heuristic search optimization techniques. Production and supply chain planning. Robust multivariate data analysis. Stochastic Programming (integer). Bioinformatics. [Related Courses]
Xia, Qinglan	Geometric measure theory and its application; optimal mass transport problems; mathematical biology; geometric variational problems in singular spaces.
Xiao, Hong	Numerical computing, integral equations, band-limited functions and applications, signal processing.
Zhang, Michael	Vehicular traffic flow, network optimization and control of transportation systems. [Related Courses]