Colette Calmelet
Phone: 530-898-6895
Office: Holt 212
Email: ccalmelet@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Biomathematics - Mathematical modeling and simulations of biological problems
- Cell movements in developmental biology, zebra fish gastrulation, angiogenesis of the mouse retina
- Cancer stem cells hypothesis
- Dynamics in peritoneal dialysis
- Bioinformatics - Mathematical methods in sequence analysis
- Fluid dynamics - Study of multi-phase flows, micropolar fluids, porous media, blood flow through capillaries
Robin Donatello
Phone: 530-898-5767
Office: Holt 202
Email: rdonatello@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Applied Biostatistics
- Data Visualization
- Techniques to handle missing & inconsistent data
- Computational Statistics, Data Science, Big Data
- Organizer of the Chico R Users Group
- Data Science Initiative Coordinator
- Building analytical pipelines using reproducible research and literate programming
- Data Science Internship supervisor for the Center for Healthy Communities
- Dr. Donatello's Website
Sergei Fomin
Phone: 530-898-5274
Office: Holt 208
Email: sfomin@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematical modeling of mass transport in complex media
- Mathematical modeling of tsunami wave dynamics
- Mathematical modeling of non-Newtonian films in application to coating technology and polymer molding
- Principal investigator of the NSF grant: Research Experiences in Mathematics for Undergraduates and Teachers (amount $270,000, years 2016-2019)
Kathy Gray
Phone: 530-898-4095
Office: Holt 108
Email: klgray@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Research interests focus on applying statistical techniques to the design, analysis, and interpretation of data arising from environmental studies
- Bayesian statistics, analysis of large data sets, and randomization methods
LaDawn Haws
Phone: 530-898-3486
Office: Holt 181
Email: lhaws@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematics Education
- Applied Mathematics
- Physics and Engineering applications
- History of Mathematics
- Recreational Mathematics
Christine Herrera
Phone: 530-898-5492
Office: Holt 110
Email: caherrera@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematics Education
- Pre-service School Teacher Development
- Undergraduate Proof Comprehension
- Productive Struggle
- Understanding and destroying the barriers facing members of groups who have been historically underrepresented in mathematics
- Active Learning
John Lind
Phone: 530-898-5271
Office: Holt 218
Email: jlind@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Algebraic Topology
- Category Theory
- Homotopy Theory
- Quantum Algebra and Quantum Topology
- Dr. Lind's Website
Brian Lindaman
Phone: 530-898-4107
Office: Holt 112
Email: blindaman@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Student understanding of calculus
- Teacher professional development
- STEM curriculum and program design
M.E. Matthews
Phone: 530-898-5469
Office: Holt 214
Email: mrmatthews@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematics Education
- Pre-service & In-service School Teacher Development
- Teacher Experiences as Learner
- Faculty Professional Development
- Classroom Discourse
- Technology in Mathematics Instruction
- PI on CDE MSP grant: (MathTIME)
- Project Director-NGMT under USDOE TQP grant PRISMS
Thomas Mattman
Phone: 530-898-5603
Office: Holt 313
Email: tmattman@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Knot Theory
- Graph Theory
- Mentoring Research by Undergraduate & Master's students
- Math of Blues Music
- Odd Sunshades
- Square Knot Dancing
Kevin McGown
Phone: 530-898-4083
Office: Holt 341
Email: kmcgown@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Number Theory
Vardayani Ratti
Phone: 530-898-5508
Office: Holt 136
Email: vratti@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematical Biology
- Ecology
- Infectious disease
- Pollination biology
- Agriculture
- The effect of gene-editing therapy in case of HIV,
- The effect of topography on mosquito population and malaria transmission in Western Kenya Highlands
- The disease dynamics in bee colonies.
Vladimir Rosenhaus
Phone: 530-898-4108
Office: Holt 219
Email: vrosenhaus@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Mathematical Physics
- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
- Nonlinear Wave Equations
- Symmetry Lie Algebras
- Conserved Quantities
- Infinite Symmetries
- Infinite Conservation Laws
Edward Roualdes
Phone: 530-898-5807
Office: Holt 204
Email: eroualdes@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Hierarchical Linear Modeling
- Penalized Regression
- Bayesian Statistics
- Ecological Modeling
Krista Strand
Phone: 530-898-5472
Office: Holt 106
Email: klstrand@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- K-8 pre-service teacher's development of mathematical knowledge
- Curriculum and instruction in mathematics for K-8 pre-service teachers
- K-8 teacher professional development
Steve Strand
Phone: 530-898-5800
Office: Holt 206
Email: srstrand@csuchico.edu
Research Interest
- Undergraduate student thinking about calculus, real analysis, and related topics
- Undergraduate student thinking about proof reading/writing
- Inquiry-oriented, student-centered instructional design
Daniel Vallieres
Phone: 530-898-5490
Office: Holt 311
Email: dvallieres@csuchico.edu
Website: https://www.danielvallieres.com/
Research Interest
- Algebraic number theory and algebraic combinatorics.