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Department of Mathematics
University of Mississippi

Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty

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Qingying Bu
Professor
Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002
Functional Analysis
Hume 314 | 662-915-7437  |  qbu@olemiss.edu

Jeremy Clark

Jeremy Clark
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2007
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Mathematical Physics
Hume 306 | 662-915-7065 | jeremy@olemiss.edu

Xin Dang, Ph.D.

Xin Dang
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas, 2005
Statistics
Hume 315 | 662-915-7409  |  xdang@olemiss.edu

Jerry Dwyer, Ph.D.

Jerry Dwyer
Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Innovation
Ph.D., University College Cork, 1986
Applied Math
Hume 227 | 662-915-4025  |  jfdwyer@olemiss.edu

Ayla Gafni
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2016
Analytic Number Theory, Harmonic Analysis
Hume 327 | 662-915-7422 |  argafni@olemiss.edu

Saša Kocic, Ph.D.

Saša Kocić
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Dynamical Systems
Hume 312 | 662-915-7582  |  skocic@olemiss.edu

Thai Hoang Le

Thái Hoàng Lê
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Analytic Number Theory, Additive Combinatorics
Hume 320 | 662-915-7071 | leth@olemiss.edu

Samuel Lisi

Samuel Lisi
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Courant Institute (New York University), 2006
Symplectic topology, Hamiltonian dynamical systems
Hume 318 | 662-915-3889 | stlisi@olemiss.edu

Dr. Longla

Martial Longla
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2013
Statistics
Hume 308 | 662-915-7436 | mlongla@olemiss.edu

Dr. Milinovich

Micah B. Milinovich
Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2008
Analytic Number Theory
Hume 304 | 662-915-8872  |  mbmilino@olemiss.edu

Dr. Miña-Díaz

Erwin Miña Díaz
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2006
Orthogonal Polynomials, Approximation Theory
Hume 317 | 662-915-1204  |  minadiaz@olemiss.edu

Dr. Dao Nguyen

Dao Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2016
Statistics
Hume 322 | 662-915-7071  |  dxnguyen@olemiss.edu

Dr. Reid

Talmage James Reid
Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1988
Matroid Theory
Hume 305 B | 662-915-7071  |  mmreid@olemiss.edu

Dr. Sang

Hailin Sang
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2008
Statistics
Hume 325 | 662-915-7398  |  sang@olemiss.edu

Dr. Sheppardson

Laura Sheppardson
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003
Graph Theory
Hume 305 | 662-915-1463  |  sheppard@olemiss.edu

Sandra Spiroff
Professor and Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Commutative Algebra
207 Graduate School | 662-915-7474  |  spiroff@olemiss.edu

Dr. Bing Wei

Bing Wei
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, 1992
Graph Theory, Combinatorics
Hume 310 | 662-915-1250  |  bwei@olemiss.edu

Dr. Haidong Wu

Haidong Wu
Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994
Matroid Theory and Graph Theory
Hume 316 | 662-915-7416  |  hwu@olemiss.edu

Instructional Faculty

Michael Azlin

Michael Azlin
Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 2011
Hume 218 | 662-915-7071 | mwazlin@olemiss.edu

Kim Cayson

Kim Cayson
Instructor
M.A., University of Mississippi, 1999
Hume 231 | 662-915-7071 | kbcayson@olemiss.edu

Erica Paige Gillentine

Erica Paige Gillentine
Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2013
Jackson Center Q15 | 662-915-6621 | epgillen@olemiss.edu

Cody Harville
Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 2010
Hume 226 | 662-915-7071 | cjharvil@olemiss.edu

Kayla Davis

Kayla Harville
Lecturer and Director of Freshman Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2013
Hume 305 C | 662-915-7410 | kdharvil@olemiss.edu

Kelvin Holmes
Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 2013
Hume 222 | 662-915-7071 | kmholmes@olemiss.edu

Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt
Senior Lecturer and Mathematics Lab Administrator
M.S., University of Mississippi, 2003
Jackson Center A04 | 662-915-2381 | rhunt@olemiss.edu

Julie Jones

Julie Jones
Senior Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 1992
Hume 224 | 662-915-5309 | jkjones@olemiss.edu

Sooyeon Lee

Sooyeon Lee
Instructional Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2018
Hume 329 | 662-915-7071 | slee27@olemiss.edu

Hope Menzel

Hope Menzel
Instructor
M.S., Mississippi State University, 2000
Hume 311 | 662-915-5326 | hcmenzel@olemiss.edu

Virginia Newsom

Ginger Newsom
Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 1994
Hume 214 | 662-915-7071 | vhnewsom@olemiss.edu

Lanzhen Song

Lanzhen Song
Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2009
Hume 204 | 662-915-8872 | lsong@olemiss.edu

Jon-Michael Wimberly

Jon-Michael Wimberly
Lecturer
M.S., University of Mississippi, 2011
Hume 220 | 662-915-7071 | jwimberl@olemiss.edu

Qin Zhang

Qin Zhang
Lecturer
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2008
Hume 216 | 662-915-7071 | qzhang@olemiss.edu

Visiting Faculty

Xueming Hui
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2023
Low-dimensional Topology, Dynamical Systems, Braid Group, Knot Theory
Hume 337 | 662-915-7071 | xhui@olemiss.edu

Jiseong Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, 2023
Analytic Number Theory
Hume 335 | 662-915-7071 | jkim51@olemiss.edu

Chao Liu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Nankai University, 2018
Combinatorial Number Theory, Additive Combinatorics, Extremal Combinatorics
Hume 333 | 662-915-7071 | cliu3@olemiss.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Gerard Buskes, Ph.D.

Gerard Buskes
Professor
Ph.D., University of Nijmegen, 1983
Functional Analysis
mmbuskes@olemiss.edu

Donald Cole, Ph.D.

Donald Cole
Associate Professor Emeritus, former Assistant Provost and Assistant to the Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1985
Partial Differential Equations
dcole@olemiss.edu

Iwo Labuda, Ph.D.

Iwo Labuda
Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 1974; Habilitation, Warsaw, 1978
Functional Analysis and Topology
mmlabuda@olemiss.edu

Glenn Hopkins

Glenn Hopkins
Professor Emeritus, former Chair of Mathematics and Dean of the CLA
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1977
Graph Theory
ghopkins@olemiss.edu

Glenn Hopkins

Alan Paterson
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Edinburgh, 1969
Functional Analysis
mmap@olemiss.edu

Charles Alexander
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1968
Delta RSI Project
ccalex@olemiss.edu

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