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Mathematics Department

Current Faculty

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  • ​Matthews, Jennifer

    CAPT, USN Chair of Mathematics Department, Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: 2019 Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics (Biostatistics), Old Dominion University M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School M.S., Defence Technology and Systems, National University of Singapore B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy (2000)
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  • Geary, Aaron

    CDR, USN Military Associate Chair, Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: July 2022 Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School M.S. Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School B.S. Mathematics, United States Naval Academy (2003)
    Research Interests
    Combinatorics, Cryptography, Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory
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  • Medynets, Kostya

    Senior Academic Advisor for Mathematics/Applied Mathematics (SMA/P SAA), Professor Ph.D., Institute for Low Temperature Physics
    Research Interests
    Ergodic Theory, Topological Dynamics, Geometric Group Theory, Operator Algebras
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  • Smith, Christian

    LCDR, USN 4/C Placement and Validation Coordinator, Permanent Military Instructor Arrived at USNA: 2019 M.S., Systems Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School (2020) M.S., Engineering Management, Old Dominion University (2012) B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy (2007)
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  • Adams, Scott

    LCDR, USN Permanent Military Instructor
    Biography

    Arrived at USNA: July 2024

    M.S. Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School B.S. Computer Engineering, United States Naval Academy (2011)

  • Adelgren, Nathan

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University (2016)
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Multiobjective Optimization, Parametric Optimization, Process Scheduling
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  • Alevras, Alexis

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
    Research Interests
    Operator Algebras, E0-semigroups, Analysis
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  • Baker, Jackson

    Capt, USMC Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: 2024 M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2024) B.S. Systems Engineering, United States Naval Academy (2018)
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  • Barkley, Peter

    CDR Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: 2025 Ph.D., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2025) M.Phil., Computer Speech, Text, and Internet Technology, University of Cambridge (2007) B.S., Mathematics, United States Naval Academy (2006)
    Research Interests
    Convex Optimization, Proximal Splitting Methods, Operations Research, Flight Scheduling, Semi-definite Programming

  • Barnhill, David Hunter

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA: 2024 Ph.D., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2024) M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate (2021) B.S., History, United States Naval Academy (2005)
    Research Interests
    Combinatorics, Operations Research, Statistics/Mathematics of Data

  • Bates, Dan

    Professor Ph.D., University of Notre Dame (2006) M.S., University of Notre Dame (2003) B.A., The College of Wooster (2001)
    Research Interests
    Numerical Methods, Algebraic Geometry, Optimization
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  • Becker, John

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., University at Buffalo
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Network Optimization

  • Branter, Martin

    LCDR, USN Permanent Military Instructor Arrived at USNA: 2023 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School (2019) B.A., English, University of Washington (2012)

  • Burke, Mary Grace

    CAPT, USMC Mathematics Instructor M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2025) B.S. Operations Research, United States Naval Academy (2018)
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  • Cathro, Lindsay

    CDR, USNR Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2021 M. Ed., Education with an Emphasis in Mathematics, Old Dominion University (2014) B.S., Economics, United States Naval Academy (2007)
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  • Cerasuolo, Brad

    LCDR, USNR Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2023 M.B.A., Vanderbilt University B.S., Physics, United States Naval Academy
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  • Cervantes, Steban

    Capt, USMC Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2024 M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2024) B.S., Operations Research, United States Naval Academy (2018)
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  • Duong-Tran, Duy

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University (2022) Graduate Certificate, Engineering Education, Purdue University (2022)
    Research Interests
    Neuro-AI, Biomedical Language Models, System Neuroscience, Statistics / Mathematics of Data, Biomedical Natural Language Processing
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  • Gwinn, R. Colton

    CDR, USNR Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2025 M.S., Finance, Johns Hopkins B.S., Applied Mathematics, United States Naval Academy

  • Hoffman, Michael E.

    Professor Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research Interests
    Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Combinatorics
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  • Hudson, Joshua L.

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Research Interests
    Fluid Dynamics, Data Assimilation, Machine Learning
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  • Jarvis, Jonathan

    LCDR, USN Permanent Military Instructor Arrived at USNA: June 2022 M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2017 B.S. Liberal Studies, University of Central Florida, 2005
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  • Johnston, Ian

    LCDR, USN Permanent Military Instructor Arrived at USNA: 2025 M.S., Operations Research, George Mason University (2018) B.S., Mathematics, University of Utah (2013)
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  • Jones, Bo

    Ph.D., in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (2022) B.A., in Applied Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College (2017)
    Research Interests
    Euclidean Combinatorial Optimization, Graph Theory, Operations Research
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  • Kuper, Jameson

    LT, USN Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2024 M.S., Mathematics M.A., Education B.S., Mathematics
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  • Lazzaro, Gary

    CAPT, USN Military Deputy to the Dean, School of Math & Science Arrived at USNA: August 2016 Ph.D., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2016 M.S., Management, Naval Postgraduate School, 2013 B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1996
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Optimization, Network Defense and Interdiction, Statistics / Mathematics of Data
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  • Linkletter, Amber

    Mathematics Learning Specialist Ph.D., Pure Mathematics, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2021) M.S., Pure Mathematics, DePaul University (2015) B.A., Mathematics, The College of New Jersey (2013)
    Research Interests
    Large Cardinal Set Theory and Related Topics
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  • Lourenco, Chris

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University (2020) B.S. Industrial Engineering, Clemson University (2015)
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Sparse Matrix Algorithms, Computational Linear Algebra, Exact Optimization, Graph Theory
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  • MacDonald, Julia M.

    CAPT, USMC Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: July 2025 M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School (2025) B.S., Mathematics with Economics, Naval Postgraduate School (2019)
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  • Magsino, Mark

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Maryland (2018) B.S., Mathematics and Japanese Studies, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
    Research Interests
    Applied Harmonic Analysis, Signal and Image Processing, Time-Frequency Analysis
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  • Minut, Aurelia

    Associate Professor Ph.D., Michigan State University
    Research Interests
    Partial Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear Optics, Scattering Theory, Integral Equations, Inverse Problems

  • Park, Junhyung

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles M.S., Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles M.A., Economics, University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Economics and Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
    Research Interests
    Statistics / Mathematics of Data, Point Processes
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  • Peeleman, Sara

    LT, USN Arrived at USNA: March 2024 M.S. Operations Research, George Mason University B.S. Mathematics and Operations Research, United States Naval Academy (2018)
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  • Perini, Tyler

    Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology (2021) B.S. in Applied Mathematics, College of Charleston (2016)
    Research Interests
    Integer Programming, Multiobjective Optimization, Healthcare Analytics, Operations Research
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  • Petri, Clark

    CDR, USN Permanent Military Professor Arrived at USNA 2024 Ph.D., Computational Social Science, George Mason University M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School B.S., Philosophy, Oregon State University
    Research Interests
    Operations Research, Infrastructure, Threat-Actor Detection, Agent-Based Modeling
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  • Price, Geoffrey

    Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
    Research Interests
    Operator Algebras
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  • Rayburg, Casey

    LCDR (Ret.), USN Adjunct Instructor Arrived at USNA: April 2013 M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School B.S. Computer Science, University of North Florida

  • Ridings, William

    LCDR (Ret.), USN Adjunct Instructor M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School B.S. Mathematics, United States Naval Academy
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  • Salem, Jad

    Assistant Professor Ph.D., Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization, Georgia Institute of Technology M.S., Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology M.S., Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology B.A., Mathematics, Oberlin College
    Research Interests
    Combinatorial Optimization, Discrete Mathematics, Online Learning

  • Shivok, Linda

    Adjunct Instructor M.S. Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
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  • Soane, Ana Maria

    Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County
    Research Interests
    Applied Mathematics

  • Sorenson, Christian

    LT, USN Mathematics Instructor Arrived at USNA: September 2024 M.S. Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School M.S. Defence Technology and Systems, National University of Singapore B.S. Physics, United States Naval Academy (2018)
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  • Svirsko, Anna

    Associate Professor Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh M.S. Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill B.S. Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
    Research Interests
    Optimization, Simulation, Healthcare Operations, Military Applications, Operations Research
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  • Thompson, Kate

    Associate Professor Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Georgia M.A., Mathematics, University of Georgia B.S., Mathematics, Oglethorpe University B.A., Music History and Theory, Oglethorpe University
    Research Interests
    Number Theory
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  • Warner, Austin

    Ph.D., Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S., Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S., Mathematics, Oklahoma State University
    Research Interests
    Sequential Methods in Statistics, Change-point Detection, Statistics

  • Wiggins, Stephen

    William R. Davis '68 Distinguished Chair in Mathematics
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