Faculty/Staff Research

 Dr. Anne Antonippillai  

  • Algebraic theory of semigroups and its related fields.
  • Mathematical, deductive reasoning, and logic in teaching mathematics.


Dr. Wan Bae

  • Multi-dimensional and scientific databases.
  • Geographic information systems (GIS).
  • Query processing in spatial and spatio-temporal databases.
  • Spatial and spatio-temporal data modeling.
  • Statistical data analysis.
  • Online query processing.
  • Uncertainty model for moving objects.
  • Computational geometry.
  • Data warehousing.  

Dr. Gregory Bard

Dr. Alexander Basyrov

  • Several complex variables
    • Segre varieties, complex analytic sets, proper holomorphic mappings, boundary regularity and analytic continuation of holomorphic mappings


Dr. Christopher Bendel  

  • Abstract algebra, specifically
    • Modular representation theory and cohomology of algebraic groups, Lie algebras, finite groups, and related structures.
  • Using computers in mathematical research.
  • Involving undergraduate students in research, particularly through the use of computation.
  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as it applies to improving student learning in mathematics courses.


Dr. Diane Christie

  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Active learning and interactive environments
  • Computer Science Education and Signature Pedagogy
  • Serious Games
  • Mobile computing

Dr. Steven Deckelman

  • Complex analysis in one and several variables.
  • Mathematical biology including Bioinformatics and computational neuroscience.
  • Undergraduate research.

Dr. Seth Dutter

Dr. Jeanne Foley

  • Exercise biochemistry.
  • Muscle energy metabolism.  
  • Biological NMR spectroscopy.
  • History of science and mathematics.
  • Technology in Teaching and Learning.   

Dr. Petre Ghenciu  

  • Graph theory and combinatorics with an emphasis in Hamiltonian and pancyclic graphs.
  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.


Dr. Nasser Hadidi

  • All areas of actuarial science, stochastic reserving in particular.


Dr. Matthew Horak

  • Mapping class groups and Out(Fn).  This involves studying actions of these groups on complexes of graphs such as Outer space and ribbon graph complexes.
  • Ordered groups and order trees.
  • Knot theory.  
  • Finding efficient ways to calculate the word metric in Thompson's group, F, with respect to nonstandard generating sets of the form {x_0, ... x_n}.  
  • "Geometric Group Theory", which combines ideas from algebra, topology and group theory to study discrete groups.  


Dr. Ayub Hossain

  • Statistics especially in the area of multivariate statistical analysis and applied probability.


Dr. Benjamin Jones

  • Abstract algebra
    • Algebraic groups
    • Representation theory
    • Lie Groups and Lie algebras
  • Computational Mathematics
    • Computational algebra, geometry, and combinatorics
    • Sage (mathematics software)
    • Parallel algorithms
  • Undergraduate Research


Dr. Amitava Karmaker

  • Discovering functional elements in the genome to construct a regulatory network.
  • Analyzing chromosomal abnormality to detect DNA copy number aberrations.
  • Data mining and preprocessing of biological data.
  • Heterogeneous data integration.
  • Developing machine learning based algorithms for data modeling.
  • Statistical analysis and pattern recognition from gathered data.


Dr. Wesley Kerr

  • Game AI that is able to learn from interacting with players, able to recognize different player strategies, and able to adapt to different player skill levels.


 Ms.  Deborah Kruschwitz-List

  • The improvement of undergraduate learning of algebra at the remedial level.  
  • Co-investigator on a FIPSE grant, whose goal is to greatly improve the algebra skills and knowledge of entering students who arrive at UW-Stout underprepared for succeeding in the math requirements in their major field.  Work with the FIPSE grant combines the following instructional delivery methods:
    • In-class participation,
    • On-line homework,
    • PowerPoint enhanced instruction,
    • In-class testing that is implemented using an on-line delivery system.


Dr. Terrence Mason  

  • Improving the usability of databases through query language development.  
  • Currently working on developing a Side Scrolling Game Engine for use in Stout’s Computer Science II course to teach inheritance and other object-oriented skills.


Dr. Laura Schmidt

  • Discrete mathematics, specifically polytopes.  Interests involve simplicial polyhedral balls (duals to simple unbounded polyhedral) and shellings.
  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning


Dr. Loretta Thielman

  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Statistics and Mathematics.


Dr. Keith Wojciechowski

  • Numerical methods for solving time-dependent partial differential and partial integrodifferential equations
  • Analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations
  • Mathematical modeling of porous media
  • Constitutive modeling of swelling porous and viscoelastic materials
  • Pseudospectral methods
  • Numerical analysis


Dr. Mingshen Wu

  • Graph theory.
  • Web programming.
  • Numerical analysis -- numerical solution for differential equations.