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Santiago Cañez

Santiago Cañez

Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Field(s) of Research: Geometry and Mathematical Physics
Phone number: 847-467-5211
Office location: Lunt B27
scanez@northwestern.edu

Bryna Kra

Bryna Kra

Professor
Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics

Field(s) of Research: Dynamical systems and Ergodic Theory
Phone number: 847-491-5567
Office location: Lunt 224
kra@math.northwestern.edu

Sonja Mapes

Sonja Mapes

Associate Professor of Instruction

Field(s) of Research: Computational Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
Office location: Lunt B26
smapes@northwestern.edu

Aaron Peterson

Aaron Peterson

Associate Professor of Instruction
Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction
Associate Chair

Field(s) of Research: Several Complex Variables
Phone number: 847-467-1298
Office location: Lunt B2
aaron@northwestern.edu

Boris Tsygan

Boris Tsygan

Professor

Field(s) of Research: Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry
Phone number: 847-467-6446
Office location: Lunt 302
b-tsygan@northwestern.edu
Description of Research: Non-commutative geometry, index theory, microlocal analysis, deformation quantization, mathematical physics, and sympletic geometry.

Ben Weinkove

Ben Weinkove

Professor
Department Chair

Field(s) of Research: Partial Differential Equations, Geometric Analysis
Phone number: 847-491-5587
Office location: Lunt 310
weinkove@northwestern.edu

Zhihong Jeff Xia

Zhihong Jeff Xia

Professor
Arthur and Gladys Pancoe Professor of Mathematics

Phone number: 847-491-5487
Office location: Lunt 208
zxia@northwestern.edu
Description of Research: Dynamical Systems - Xia's research is in the areas of Newtonian n-body problem, Hamiltonian dynamics and general hyperbolic and partially hyperbolic dynamical systems.