Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Faculty

Steven A. Bleiler (1988) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1981 University of Oregon.

Steven J. Boyce (2014) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2014 Virginia Tech.

Julie Bracken (2017) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2016 University of Colorado, Boulder.

John S. Caughman, IV (2000) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1998 University of Wisconsin.

Liubomir Chiriac (2019) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2015 California Institute of Technology.

Dacian Daescu (2003) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2001 University of Iowa. 

Naghmeh Daneshi (2019) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor II in Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2019 Portland State University.

Andrew Flight (2002) M.S.

Senior Instructor II in Mathematics and Statistics. M.S. 1994 Portland State University.

Robert L. Fountain (1992) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1985 University of New Mexico.

Derek Garton (2013) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2012 University of Wisconsin.

Sylvia Giroux (2005) M.S.

Senior Instructor II in Mathematics and Statistics. M.S. 2006 Portland State University.

Jay Gopalakrishnan (2011) Ph.D.

Maseeh Distinguished Chair in Mathematical Sciences. Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1999 Texas A&M University.

Nadeeshani Jayasena (2016) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2016 University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Bruno Jedynak (2015) Ph.D.

Maseeh Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1995 Université Paris XI Orsay (France).

Bin Jiang (2003) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jong Sung Kim (1999) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1999 University of Iowa.

Subhash C. Kochar (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1979 Panjab University.

Hannah Kravitz (2022) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2022 University of Arizona.

Beatriz M. Lafferriere (1993) Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1987 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Gerardo A. Lafferriere (1990) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1986 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Sean P. Larsen (2004) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2004 Arizona State University. 

Safa Mote (2023) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2018 University of Maryland.

Mau Nam Nguyen (2012) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2007 Wayne State University. 

Dorcas Ofori-Boateng (2020) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2020 University of Texas, Dallas.

Will Pazner (2022) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2018 Brown University.

Jeffrey Ovall (2013) Ph.D.

Maseeh Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2004 University of California, San Diego. 

Isabelle Shankar (2022) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2021 University of California, Berkeley.

Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez (2017) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2014 University of Florida, Gainesville.

Eva Thanheiser (2008) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2005 University of California, San Diego. 

Panayot Vassilevski (2014) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1984 St. Kliment Ohridski, University of Sofia (Bulgaria).

J.J.P. Veerman (2001) Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 1986 Cornell University.

Rachel Webb (2003) M.S.
Senior Instructor II in Mathematics and Statistics. M.S. 2003 Portland State University.

Ge Zhao (2019) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. Ph.D. 2019 Pennsylvania State University.