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Statistics Faculty
Our faculty are a unique blend of researchers, educators and professionals who are proven experts in their fields. They are actively involved in:
- publishing juried scholarly works in their respective disciplines and contributing to the scholarly program at meetings of professional organizations
- submitting grant applications to external agencies
- contributing to the department's service mission through participation in professional organizations, involvement on departmental, college, and university committees, and by serving the nation, state and region with their professional expertise.
Dubravka Ban, Professor/Director
Professor; Dr. Sci., University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1998. Algebra, representation theory, automorphic forms.
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Neckers 365
618-453-6589
dban@siu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Tumpa Bhattacharyya, Clinical Assistant Professor
Wesley Calvert, Professor
Vina Castelli, Lecturer
Kristen Ceballos, Lecturer
Kwangho Choiy, Associate Professor
Associate Professor; Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, 2012. Number Theory, Automorphic Forms and Representation Theory
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Kathirave Giritharan, Lecturer
Mathew Gluck, Assistant Professor
Jerzy Kocik, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1989. Mathematical physics, Lie algebras, differential-geometric structures, symplectic geometry.
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Lindsey-Kay Lauderdale, Assistant Professor
Thara Lowndes, Director Computer Based Learning
Neckers 361
618-453-6569
tlowndes@siu.edu
Ron Nagrodski, Lecturer
David Olive, Professor
Professor; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1998. Applications of high breakdown robust statistics, regression Graphics, applied probability theory.
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Ghada Omar, Clinical Assistant Professor
Porter Oneal Summers, Assistant Lecturer
Neckers 469
618-453-6507
onealsummers@siu.edu
Suri Rajan, Lecturer
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Rasanji Rathnayake, Clinical Associate Professor
S. Yaser Samadi, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Statistics, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2014. Multivariate and Matrix Time Series Analysis.
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Henri Schurz, Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Humboldt University Berlin, 1997. Stochastic analysis, stochastic dynamical systems, mathematical finance.
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Michael Sullivan, Professor
Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1992. Topological dynamical systems and knot theory.
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MingQing Xiao, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1997. Partial differential equations, control theory, optimization theory, dynamical systems, computational science.
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Dashun Xu, Professor
Professor; Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2004. Applied Mathematics.
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Jianhong Xu, Professor
Professor; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2003. Numerical analysis, matrix computations, matrix theory and applications.
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