Faculty and Staff

• Mark E. Bollman

  Chair and Professor

  B.A., 1986, Northwestern University;
  M.A., 1988, University of Michigan;
  Ph.D., 2001, Central Michigan University.
  Appointed 1999.
  Research Areas: Mathematics of gambling (“applied probability”), combinatorial number theory, mathematics education.

  Website

  Office: 226 Palenske Hall
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0261
  

• Paul L. Anderson

  Professor

  B.S., 1976, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1989, Colorado School of Mines.
  Appointed 1990.
  Research Areas: Probability and statistics; time-series analysis.

  Website

  Office: 250 Putnam Hall
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0304
  

• Darren E. Mason

  Professor

  B.S. in Mathematics (Cum Laude), 1991, and Ph.D. in Mechanics, 1996; Both degrees from University of Minnesota – Institute of Technology.
  Appointed 2001.
  Research Areas: Actuarial Science, Quantitative Finance, Partial Differential Equations, Variational Calculus, Continuum Mechanics, Materials Science.

  Website

  Office: 224 Palenske Hall
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0826
  

• David A. Reimann

  Professor

  B.S., 1986, University of Toledo;
  M.A., 1990, Wayne State University;
  Ph.D., 1998, Wayne State University.
  Appointed 1996.
  Research Areas: Mathematical Art.

  Website

  Office: 252 Putnam Hall
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0426
  

• Karla R. McCavit

  Director of STEM Success

  Assistant Director of the Cutler Center for Student Success

  B.S., 1993, Adrian College;
  M.S., 1995, Michigan State University.
  Appointed 1995.

  Office: Stockwell 205
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0824
  

• April Grow

  Technical Lecturer

  B.S. Grand Valley State University;
  M.A. Central Michigan University.
  Appointed 2020.

  Office: 228 Palenske Hall
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0200
  

• Mauricio Marengoni

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  B.S., 1983, Centro Universitario de FEI (Brazil).
  M.S., 1992, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias (Brazil)
  M.S., 1994, University of Rochester
  Ph.D., 2002, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  Appointed 2021.
  Research Areas: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.

  Office: Putnam 258
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0128
  

• Yuming Zhang

  Assistant Professor

  B.S., 1999, Tsinghua University, Beijing;
  M.S., 2002, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing;
  Ph.D., 2018, University of New Mexico.
  Appointed 2020.
  Research Areas: Computer graphics, Physics-based simulation, Traffic flow simulation.

  Website

  Office: Palenske 220
  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: (517) 629-0287
  

• Lindsey Collins

  Faculty Secretary

  Email: [email protected]
  Phone: 517-629-0276
  

Faculty Emeriti

• Ronald C. Fryxell

  Professor Emeritus

  B.A., 1960, Augustana College;
  M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1964, Washington State University
  Appointed 1964.

• Robert A. Messer

  Professor Emeritus

  Areas of Interest: Author of Topology Now! in collaboration with Phil Straffin, Beloit College, a textbook with a geometric approach to topology; Change ringing, English and American traditional dance forms.

• Keith Moore

  Professor Emeritus

  B.S., 1947, Southwestern College
  M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1951, University of Kansas
  Appointed 1952.

  Dr. Moore, who taught at Albion College for 34 years, passed away July 26, 2014.

• Martha R. O'Kennon

  Professor Emeritus

  B.A., 1961, University of Richmond; M.S. in mathematics, 1970, M.S. in computer engineering, 1981, Ph.D., 1973, Clarkson University.
  Appointed 1985.

  Research Areas: Machine translation of natural languages – try it!

• John A. Wenzel

  Professor Emeritus

  B.A., 1963, Carleton College
  M.A., 1965, Ph.D., 1969, University of Kansas
  Appointed 1969.