Faculty & Staff Directory
Administrators for the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Diane Denny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: CI 313
Phone: (361) 825-3485
diane.denny@tamucc.edu
Mathematical modeling, fluid dynamics, nonlinear partial differential equations, existence and uniqueness proofs for pde, scientific computation
James Dogbey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Office: CI 304
Phone: (361) 825-3159
james.dogbey@tamucc.edu
Math teachers' knowledge for teaching, assessment in math education, curriculum studies and development, developing alternatives methods of doing mathematics
Jose Guardiola, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: CI 309
Phone: (361) 825-5544
jose.guardiola@tamucc.edu
Circular Statistics, Bayesian analysis and Spatial Statistics.
Applied research with colleagues on Medicine, Economics and Marine Research.
Sunil Mathur, Ph.D.
Assistant to the Dean for Research & Development and Professor of Math
Office: CI 302
Phone: (361) 825-4173
sunil.mathur@tamucc.edu
Dr. Mathur's research interests include childhood obesity, memory loss, epigenetics, cancer research, public health, biostatistics, genomics, big data, and epidemiology.
Devanayagam Palaniappan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: EN 211
Phone: (361) 825-2221
devanayagam.palaniappan@tamucc.edu
Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations, fluid mechanics, elasticity, electro- and magneto-statics, thermal systems and instability, vortex interactions, porous media
Valentina Postelnicu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Office: CI 357
Phone: (361) 825-3023
valentina.postelnicu@tamucc.edu
Mathematics education, specifically student and teacher understanding of mathematical concepts, comparative studies, research design and methodology.
Alexey Sadovski, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Office: CI 338
Phone: (361) 825-2477
alexey.sadovski@tamucc.edu
Optimal Control, Probability Theory and Statistics, Stochastic Processes, Operation Research and Decision Making, Optimization, Advanced Mathematical Modeling, Modeling of Natural Systems.
Charlene Tintera, Ed.D.
Professional Assistant Professor
Office: CI 334
Phone: (361) 825-3483
ptintera@tamucc.edu
International study in math education with technology from kinder to higher education.
Promote chess activities and make connection to mathematical problem solving.
Staff in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Ronnie Emanuel
Academic Advisor
ronnie.emanuel@tamucc.edu
Biology MS
Biomedical Sciences BS (Clinical Lab Studies)
Chemistry Minor, BS, MS
Fisheries & Mariculture MS
Marine Biology MS
Math Minor, BS, MS
Physics Minor, BS
Undecided S&E Students BS
Blair Sterba-Boatwright, Ph.D.
Jordan Alexander, Ph.D.
Baohua Chen, Ph.D.
Nene Coulibaly, M.S.
Jose Giraldo, Ph.D.
Lei Jin, Ph.D.
Archana Krishnagiri
Marie McClendon
Aubrey Rhoden, Ph.D.
George Tintera, Ph.D.
Beate Zimmer, Ph.D.
Melanie Morales
Hae Choi
Celil Ekici, Ph.D.
Douglas Johnson