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.
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.
Pablo Tarazaga, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Office: CI 316
Phone: (361) 825-3187
pablo.tarazaga@tamucc.edu
Linear algebra, numerical analysis, optimization, euclidean distance matrices, applications: distance geometry, multidimensional scaling problem, sensor location, etc.
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
Sunil Mathur, Ph.D.
Jordan Alexander, Ph.D.
Baohua Chen, Ph.D.
Nene Coulibaly, M.S.
Jose Giraldo, Ph.D.
Lei Jin, Ph.D.
Archana Krishnagiri
Aubrey Rhoden, Ph.D.
Blair Sterba-Boatwright, Ph.D.
George Tintera, Ph.D.
Beate Zimmer, Ph.D.
Ronnie Emanuel
Hae Choi
Celil Ekici, Ph.D.
Douglas Johnson
