Department of Mathematics & Statistics Directory
- Faculty in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Mathematics Graduate Program
- Research Professors in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Advisors for the College
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Alexey Sadovski, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department and ProfessorOffice: CI 338
Phone: (361) 825-2477
Email: alexey.sadovski@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.gulfbase.org/people/dr-alexey-l-sadovski
Optimal Control, Probability Theory and Statistics, Stochastic Processes, Operation Research and Decision Making, Optimization, Advanced Mathematical Modeling, Modeling of Natural Systems.

Melanie Morales
Administrative AssistantOffice: CI 301
Phone: (361) 825-3754
Email: melanie.morales@tamucc.edu

Abdullah Abu-Rqayiq, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant Professor of MathOffice: CI 356
Phone: (361) 825-3402
Email: abdullah.aburqayiq@tamucc.edu

Baohua Chen, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 351
Phone: (361) 825-6019
Email: baohua.chen@tamucc.edu

Hae Choi
Instructor of MathematicsOffice: CI 351
Phone: (361) 825-3373
Email: haekyoung.choi@tamucc.edu

Nene Coulibaly, M.S.
Instructor of MathematicsOffice: CI 317
Phone: (361) 825-2219
Email: nene.coulibaly@tamucc.edu

Diane Denny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 313
Phone: (361) 825-3485
Email: diane.denny@tamucc.edu
Mathematical modeling, fluid dynamics, nonlinear partial differential equations, existence and uniqueness proofs for pde, scientific computation

James Dogbey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics EducationOffice: CI 304
Phone: (361) 825-3159
Email: james.dogbey@tamucc.edu
Math teachers' knowledge for teaching, assessment in math education, curriculum studies and development, developing alternatives methods of doing mathematics

Celil Ekici, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics EducationOffice: CI 312
Phone: (361) 825-2819
Email: celil.ekici@tamucc.edu

Kelum Gajamannage, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 352
Phone: (361) 825-2479
Email: kelum.gajamannage@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kelum/home
My research interests encompass Big Data, Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, and Network Analysis. See my personal website for more information.

Jose Guardiola, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of StatisticsOffice: CI 309
Phone: (361) 825-5544
Email: jose.guardiola@tamucc.edu
Website: https://faculty.tamucc.edu/jguardiola
Circular Statistics, Bayesian analysis and Spatial Statistics.
Applied research with colleagues on Medicine, Economics and Marine Research.

Lei Jin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of StatisticsOffice: CI 307
Phone: (361) 825-2099
Email: lei.jin@tamucc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/lei-jins-website/home
Time series, missing data and applied statistics

Douglas Johnson
Instructor of MathematicsOffice: CI 357
Phone: (361) 825-2350
Email: douglas.johnson@tamucc.edu

Archana Krishnagiri
Instructor of MathematicsOffice: CI 351
Phone: (361) 825-2430
Email: archana.krishnagiri@tamucc.edu

Sunil Mathur, Ph.D.
Professor of StatisticsOffice: CI 303
Phone: (361) 825-3932
Email: 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.

Marie McClendon
Instructor of MathematicsOffice: CI 367
Phone: (361) 825-2844
Email: lola.mcclendon@tamucc.edu

Mallikarjunaiah S. Muddamallappa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 316
Phone: (361) 825-3187
Email: M.Muddamallappa@tamucc.edu

Devanayagam Palaniappan, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied MathematicsOffice: RFEB 211
Phone: (361) 825-2221
Email: 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

Bheemaiah Veena Shankara Narayana Rao, Ph.D.
Professional Assistant Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 312A
Phone: (361) 825-3613
Email: bv.rao@tamucc.edu
Mathematical Ecology, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Modeling.

Aubrey Rhoden, Ph.D.
Professional Associate Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 213b
Phone: (361) 825-3445
Email: aubrey.rhoden@tamucc.edu

Charlene Tintera, Ed.D.
Professional Associate Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 334
Phone: (361) 825-3483
Email: ptintera@tamucc.edu
Math Education, Teacher preparation, and Finance and Business Mathematics.

George Tintera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 303
Phone: (361) 825-6028
Email: george.tintera@tamucc.edu
Ring Theory, Mathematical Preparation of Teachers

Maria Vasilyeva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Applied MathematicsOffice: CI 340
Phone: (361) 825-3023
Email: maria.vasilyeva@tamucc.edu
Multiscale multiphysics problems, Heterogeneous media, Numerical methods, Multiscale methods, Upscaling, Machine learning

Beate Zimmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of MathematicsOffice: CI 310
Phone: (361) 825-2682
Email: beate.zimmer@tamucc.edu
Nonstandard Analysis, Functional Analysis, Machine Learning, and Environmental Modeling