Committees
Department of Mathematics Committees and Service
2011-2012
CHAIR
Dietmar Bisch
VICE CHAIR
John Ratcliffe
DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Mike Neamtu
DIRECTOR OF TEACHING
John Rafter
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Gieri Simonett
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Alex Powell
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Lori Rafter
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Jakayla Robbins
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Vaughan Jones (F11)
Gennadi Kasparov
Mike Mihalik
Ed Saff
Mark Sapir
Costas Tsinakis
COLLOQUIUM COMMITTEE
Denis Osin, Chair
Akram Aldroubi
Mark Ellingham
Jesse Peterson
COMPUTING COMMITTEE
Phil Crooke, Chair
Mark Ellingham
Doug Hardin
Eric Schechter
Steve Tschantz
GRADUATE COMMITTEE
Mike Neamtu (DGS), Chair
Alex Powell (Associate DGS)
Lori Rafter (Assistant DGS)
Doug Hardin
Alexander Olshanskiy
Glenn Webb
Dechao Zheng (S12)
GRADUATE STUDENT RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
Mike Neamtu (DGS), Chair
Alex Powell (Associate DGS)
Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Paul Edelman
BaÅÂak Gürel
Guoliang Yu
COMMITTEE ON TEACHING
John Rafter (DT), Chair
John Ahner
Phil Crooke
Linda Hutchison
Mike Mihalik (F11)
Pamela Pigg
Lori Rafter
Dechao Zheng (S12)
UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE
Gieri Simonett (DUS), Chair
Jakayla Robbins (Assistant DUS)
Akram Aldroubi
Bruce Hughes
John Rafter
John Ratcliffe
Ioana Suvaina
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION COMMITTEES (starting September 1, 2011)
Algebra: Costas Tsinakis (Chair), Denis Osin, Alexander Olshanskiy and Steve Tschantz.
Analysis: Akram Aldroubi (Chair), Jesse Peterson, Glenn Webb and Dechao Zheng.
Topology: Mike Mihalik (Chair), Bruce Hughes and John Ratcliffe.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION COMMITTEES (until August 31, 2011)
Algebra: Alexander Olshanskiy (Chair), Denis Osin (S11), Steve Tschantz and Costas Tsinakis.
Analysis: Emmanuele DiBenedetto (Chair), Doug Hardin, Jesse Peterson and Larry Schumaker.
Topology: Mike Mihalik (Chair), Gennadi Kasparov and John Ratcliffe.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES COMMITTEE
John Rafter, Scheduler
Area Representatives: Alex Powell (Analysis & Applied Analysis & Computational Math), Mike Mihalik (Geometry & Topology), Mark Ellingham (Algebra & Discrete Math).
2012 SHANKS LECTURE & CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mark Ellingham, Chair
Paul Edelman
COMMITTEE FOR THE SAMIR ALDROUBI AND AMIRA AZHARI AWARD
Dietmar Bisch, Chair
Akram Aldroubi
Vaughan Jones
Alexander Olshanskiy
Costas Tsinakis
COMMITTEE FOR THE B. F. BRYANT AWARD
John Rafter, Chair
Mark Ellingham
John Ratcliffe
COMMITTEE FOR THE B. JÓNSSON AWARD
Mike Neamtu, Chair
Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Doug Hardin
Ralph McKenzie
COMMITTEE FOR THE R. LARSEN AWARD
Undergraduate Committee
COMMUNITY GIVING CAMPAIGN SOLICITOR
John Ahner
Daoxing Xia
LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVE
John Ahner
UNDERGRADUATE MATH CONTEST ORGANIZER
Steve Tschantz
(Putnam Exam, Annual Virginia Technological Regional Contest)
REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (BRUFF, J. RAFTER, L. RAFTER)
John Ratcliffe, Chair
Phil Crooke
Doug Hardin
REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (GÜREL)
Gennadi Kasparov, Chair
Mike Mihalik
Gieri Simonett (teaching)
REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (PETERSON)
Vaughan Jones, Chair
Denis Osin
Gieri Simonett (teaching)
REAPPOINTMENT COMMITTEE (SUVAINA)
John Ratcliffe, Chair
Guoliang Yu
(teaching: J. Ratcliffe)
PROMOTION COMMITTEE (POWELL)
Akram Aldroubi, Chair
Doug Hardin
Ed Saff
Gieri Simonett (teaching)
PROMOTION COMMITTEE (OSIN)
Mike Mihalik, Chair
Bruce Hughes
Mark Sapir
Gieri Simonett (teaching)
HIRING COMMITTEE
Dietmar Bisch, Chair
Vaughan Jones
Mark Sapir
Costas Tsinakis
Guoliang Yu
& Open membership
POSTDOC SEARCH COMMITTEE
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