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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:

  1. publishing juried scholarly works in their respective disciplines and contributing to the scholarly program at meetings of professional organizations
  2. submitting grant applications to external agencies
  3. 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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SIU Dubravka Ban

Neckers 365
618-453-6589
dban@siu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Tumpa Bhattacharyya, Clinical Assistant Professor

Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University.

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SIU Tumpa Bhattacharyya

Neckers 369
618-453-6597
tumpa.bhattacharyya@siu.edu

 

Wesley Calvert, Professor

Professor; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2005.

 



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SIU Wesley Calvert

Neckers 357
618-453-6582
wcalvert@siu.edu

 

Vina Castelli, Lecturer

Lecturer, M.S. Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, 2015

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SIU Vina Castelli

Neckers 381
618-453-6570
vina@siu.edu

 

Kristen Ceballos, Lecturer

Lecturer, M.S. Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, 2011



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SIU Kristen Ceballos

618-453-5302
kalindb@siu.edu

 

Kwangho Choiy, Associate Professor

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, 2012. Number Theory, Automorphic Forms and Representation Theory

 



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SIU Kwangho Choiy

Neckers 283
618-453-6508
kchoiy@siu.edu

Personal Website

Kathirave Giritharan, Lecturer

Lecturer, M.S. Mathematics, Southern Illinois University

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SIU Kathirave Giritharan

Neckers 373
618-453-6501
kathirave.giritharan@siu.edu

 

Mathew Gluck, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Florida

 



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SIU Mathew Gluck

Neckers 391
618-453-6593
mathew.gluck@siu.edu

 

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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SIU Jerzy Kocik

Neckers 377
618-453-6504
jkocik@siu.edu

 

Lindsey-Kay Lauderdale, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor; Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Florida

 



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SIU Lindsey-Kay Lauderdale

Neckers 277
618-453-6573
lindseykay.lauderdale@siu.edu

 

Thara Lowndes, Director Computer Based Learning

Lecturer, M.S. Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, 1996

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Neckers 361
618-453-6569
tlowndes@siu.edu

 

Ron Nagrodski, Lecturer

Lecturer, M.S. Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, 1990.

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SIU Ron Nagrodski

Neckers 269
618-453-6503
rnagrodski@siu.edu

 

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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SIU David Olive

Neckers 261
618-453-6566
dolive@siu.edu

 

Ghada Omar, Clinical Assistant Professor

Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D, in Applied Mathematics

 



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SIU Ghada Omar

Neckers 467
618-453-6572
ghada.omar@siu.edu

 

Porter Oneal Summers, Assistant Lecturer

Neckers 469
618-453-6507
onealsummers@siu.edu

 

Suri Rajan, Lecturer

Lecturer, M.S., University of Illinois, 2011; B.S., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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SIU Suri Rajan

Neckers 265
618-453-6580
suri.p.rajan@siu.edu

 

Rasanji Rathnayake, Clinical Associate Professor

Clinical Associate Professor; Ph.D. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2019.

 



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SIU Rasanji Rathnayake

Neckers 257
618-453-6598
rasanji@siu.edu

 

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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SIU S Yaser Samadi

Neckers 281
618-453-6502
ysamadi@siu.edu

 

Henri Schurz, Professor

Professor; Ph.D., Humboldt University Berlin, 1997. Stochastic analysis, stochastic dynamical systems, mathematical finance.

 



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SIU Henri Schurz

Neckers 271
618-453-6577
hschurz@math.siu.edu

 

Michael Sullivan, Professor

Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1992. Topological dynamical systems and knot theory.

 



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SIU Michael Sullivan

Neckers 385
618-453-6592
prof.michael.sullivan@gmail.com

 

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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SIU MingQing Xiao

Neckers 463
618-453-6587
mxiao@siu.edu

 

Dashun Xu, Professor

Professor; Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2004. Applied Mathematics.

 



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SIU Dashun Xu

Neckers 273
618-453-6512
dashunxu@siu.edu

 

Jianhong Xu, Professor

Professor; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2003. Numerical analysis, matrix computations, matrix theory and applications.

 



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SIU Jianhong Xu

Neckers 387
618-453-6561
jhxu@siu.edu