Mathematics & Statistics
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is a teaching- and research-oriented department that offers graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) and undergraduate degrees in Pure and Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Information about our department, courses, faculty and students can be found using the menu links on the right.
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News & Announcements
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Department welcomes new faculty in 2018
9/4/2018
The Mathematics and Statistics Department at UNR welcomes new Assistant Professor Dr. Andrey Sarantsev, and new postdocs Dr. Huixi Li and Dr. Leonard Huang in the fall of 2018.
Dr. Rogers awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant
7/31/2018
Professor Chris Rogers has received a Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians from the Simons Foundation, starting in fall of 2018, for his work on Applications of Homotopical Algebra in Deformation Theory and Geometry. The award is $42,000 and the funding period is 2018-2023. To learn more about Dr. Rogers' research, please see https://www.unr.edu/math/people/chris-rogers.
Dr. Ahn receives 3 year NIH COBRE award
9/19/2017
Congratulations to Dr. Mihye Ahn on receiving 3 years of support totaling $450,000 as a project leader under the NIH COBRE Phase II grant awarded to The Center for Integrative Neuroscience at UNR. For more details, visit this page: Dr. Ahn receives 3 year NIH COBRE award
Dr. Jabuka awarded second Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant
9/1/2017
Professor Jabuka has received a second Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians from the Simons Foundation, renewing his first award for another 5 years starting in 2017. He uses this award to support his research in knot theory, and the study of 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds. Professor Jabuka was first awarded the Simons Foundation's Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians in 2012.
Dr. Zaliapin awarded three external grants
8/22/2017
Congratulations to Professor Ilya Zaliapin, who was recently awarded three grants totaling over $250,000. He is a P.I. on each of the grants, all of which include support for graduate students. For details, visit this page: Dr. Zaliapin awarded three external grants