Seminars
Today's Seminars - 11/20
- PDE & Applied Math - Yuhua Zhu (UCLA) - A PDE-based model-free algorithm for Continuous-time Reinforcement Learning - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. - Skye 268
- Combinatorial Number Theory - 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. - Skye 268
Monday 11/18
- Ergodic Theory & Spectral Theory - 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. - Skye 268
Tuesday 11/19
- Algebraic Geometry - TBA - 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. - Skye 268
- ICQMB/Colloquium - Magdalena A. Stolarska (University of St. Thomas) - Active membrane dynamics and its effect of cell motility: computational studies - 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Skye 268/Zoom
- Education Seminar - 3:30 - 4:50 p.m. - Skye 284
Wednesday 11/120
- PDE & Applied Math - Yuhua Zhu (UCLA) - A PDE-based model-free algorithm for Continuous-time Reinforcement Learning - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. - Skye 268
- Combinatorial Number Theory - 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. - Skye 268
Thursday 11/21
- Fractal Analysis, Dynamical Systems & Mathematical Physics - 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. - Skye 268
Friday 11/22
- Geometry & Topology - Nic Brody (UC Santa Cruz) - TBA - 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. - Skye 268
- Graduate Student Seminar - 2:30 - 3:50 p.m. - Skye 284
Hours & Contact
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
**Department Staff are on a hybrid schedule**
SKYE HALL 208
Tel: (951) 827-3113
Business/Front Window Hours:
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. &
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Highlights
NIH/NCI T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Jennifer Rangel Ambriz
Many congratulations to Jennifer Rangel Ambriz for receiving a prestigious NIH/NCI T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Jennifer, a former UCR Math student advised by Mark Alber, is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at City of Hope. Among her recent publications is the following paper, of which Jennifer is the co-first author:
More information of the paper can also be found in UCR press.
New Faculty - Morgan Weiler
The UCR Math Department proudly announces that Dr. Morgan Weiler joined our department as an Assistant Professor in 2024. Prior to joining UCR, she held postdoctoral positions as RTG Lovett Instructor at Rice University and then as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. She earned both her BA and PhD in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Weiler's work focuses on leveraging symmetry to study the dynamics and embedding properties of low-dimensional symplectic manifolds. At UCR, she plans to develop further computational techniques and to use Reeb dynamics to characterize three-dimensional manifolds.
New Faculty - Siting Liu
The UCR Math Department proudly announces that Dr. Siting Liu joined our department as an Assistant Professor in 2024. Prior to joining UCR, she postdoced as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, her MA in Mathematics at University of Wisconsin (Madison), and her PhD in Applied Mathematics at University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Liu’s research centers around utilizing mathematical modeling and computational techniques to address challenges spanning a range of disciplines, such as epidemiology, optimization, data science, machine learning, mean-field games, optimal control, and partial differential equations.
To get to know more about Dr. Liu’s activities, please visit her website.
New Faculty - Filippo Mazzoli
The UCR Math Department proudly announces that Dr. Filippo Mazzoli joined our department as an Assistant Professor in 2024. Prior to joining UCR he held postdoctoral positions as a Whyburn Research Associate and Lecturer at University of Virginia, as well as a postdoctoral researcher in the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig. He earned both his BS and MS in Mathematics at University of Pisa and his PhD in Mathematics at University of Luxembourg
Dr. Mazzoli works in Geometric Topology and Differential Geometry. He is particularly interested in the study of (higher) Teichmuller spaces, surface group representations, and geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds, in particular hyperbolic and anti-de Sitter 3-manifolds.
To get to know more about Dr. Mazzoli’s activities, please visit his website.
New Faculty - Jeffrey S. Meyer
The UCR Math Department proudly announces that Dr. Jeffrey S. Meyer joined our department as an Assistant Professor of Teaching in 2024. Prior to joining UCR, he was an Associate Professor of Mathematics at California State University, San Bernadino. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. He obtained his BS in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Chicago, and his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Meyer works at the intersection of differential geometry and number theory, studying arithmetic groups and quadratic forms. This encompasses a wide collection of areas including systolic geometry, spectral geometry, geometric group theory, Lie theory, algebraic number theory, and class field theory. He is intensely interested in research in math education, in particular, theories on learning and teaching of mathematics, especially as they relate to linear algebra.
To get to know more about Dr. Meyer’s activities, please visit his website.
Associate Professor - Jose Gonzalez
For his excellent research, teaching, mentoring and outreach, the university will promote Dr. Jose Gonzalez to Associate Professor, effective immediately.
Full Professor - Jim Kelliher
For his outstanding research, teaching, mentoring and outreach, the university will promote Dr. Jim Kelliher to Professor, effective immediately.
Associate Professor - Weitao Chen
For her excellent research, teaching, mentoring and outreach, the university will promote Dr. Weitao Chen to Associate Professor, effective July 1st. Dr. Chen works on mathematical biology and scientific computing. She has developed multiple state-of-the-art mathematical models for understanding different biological systems. The Math Department congratulates Dr. Weitao Chen and wishes her continued success in her remarkable career.
Vernon Kramer Memorial Service Award
The 2023-24 Vernon Kramer Memorial Service Award winners are: Jialin Wang (pictured top left), Kevin Gao (pictured top right), Tyler Pierce (pictured bottom left), and Zachary Virgilio (pictured bottom right). Thank you so much, we truly appreciate your extensive support of the UCR math community this year.
To read about their contributions, please visit the Vernon Kramer Memorial Service Award page.
2024 CNAS Academic Excellence Awards
The Math Department proudly announces that Riley Hunke & Sudhir Murthy are among the winners of the 2024 CNAS Academic Excellence Awards. Congratulations!
M.M. Rao Award
The 2023-2024 M.M. Rao Award Graduate Fellowship Award winner is Rahul Rajkumar. Rahul is pursuing probability theory as his research area and already has results on the component processes of diffusion processes in a finite dimensional vector space over the p-adic numbers and on scaling limits. Congratulations!
Bryce Mason Award
The Math Department proudly announces the 2024 winner of the Bryce Mason Award is Darius Mahamedi. The award recognizes Darius for excellence in mathematics and contributing to our positive learning environment.
Congratulations Darius!
Bosch Prize
Jana Fahs won the Bosch Award 2023-2024 for her outstanding course performance and undergraduate research. She has presented her work in both the UCR undergraduate research symposium and the Mathematical Pathways to an Excellent Future conference.
Congratulations Jana!
Outstanding Visiting Assistant Professor Awards
This year the UCR Mathematics Outstanding Visiting Assistant Professor Awards go to Courtney George (pictured left), Hassan Attarchi (pictured right), Fazel Hadadifard and Matthew Harper. Congratulations! To learn about their accomplishments and contributions for the 2023-2024 academic year, please visit the VAP awards page.
Outstanding TA Awards
Every Academic year the Teaching Assistant Development Program recognizes the outstanding teaching assistants selected by each of the UC Riverside departments. Though it is difficult to choose a select few out our Teaching Assitants' consistently strong efforts, every year a number of TAs manage to find a way to stand out from the group.
Please join us in congratulating our most recent recipients of the Outstanding TA award: Bill Terry, Emerald Win, Jialin Wang, Kevin Gao, Khoi Vo, Michael Gulas, Ryan Aschoff, Shane Rankin, Tyler Pierce and Zach Virgilio.
Ketchersid Scholarship 2023-2024
Winners of the Ketchersid Scholarship are chosen out of many eligible applicants. Several stand out students are chosen based on their academic achievements and their financial need which each student demonstrates in their submitted essay. The UCR Math Department's congratulations go to the math undergraduates listed below:
Aliyah Bello, Cristian Herrera, Jacob Gower, Jonathan Martinez, Kimberly Arreguin, Maritssa Nolasco, Moises Ruano, Rayan Awais, William Murray, Xavier Madrid
Microtutorials
The Microtutorials in Mathematics project team at UCR has conceived a new approach to producing a collection of micro-tutorials as supplementary instructional and learning materials. The intent is to assist the students and instructors to connect calculus with applications in various subject matters. The students could use them freely on any topics of their choice. The videos are produced with follow-up questions to enable instructors to flip their classrooms if desired. For details, please visit its website: https://microtutorials.ucr.edu
Math Alliance: Providing educational success to underrepresented and first-generation students is an important part of UCR's mission.
"Our goal is simple: we want to be sure that every underrepresented or under-served American student with the talent and the ambition has the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree in a mathematical or statistical science."
If you are interested in becoming a Math Alliance Scholar, please feel free to contact Dr. Matthew Durham. The benefits include access to Math Alliances Facilitated Graduate Applications Process and possible funding to go the the Alliance's Field of Dreams conference.