Research Areas
The department faculty are active researchers in a wide range of mathematical areas. The research areas of each faculty member are listed below. Recent publications by department faculty can be found here.
The faculty make a big effort to include students in their research projects. Current and prospective students are invited to communicate directly with any faculty member with whom they may have common interests.

- Patrick Rault, PhD — prault@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Dr. George Haddix Community Chair of Mathematics
- DSC 227 / 402.554.3437
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- Number Theory, Matrix Analysis, Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Research
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- Griff Elder, PhD — elder@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 230 / 402.554.2842
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- Algebraic Number Theory
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- Darren Holley, PhD — dholley@unomaha.edu
- Instructor
- DSC 232 / 402.554.2414
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- Commutative Algebra
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- Steve From, PhD — sfrom@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 236 / 402.554.3622
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- Theoretical Statistics
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- Valentin Matache, PhD — vmatache@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 226 / 402.554.2839
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- Complex Functions, Operator Theory
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- Ying Hu, PhD — yinghu@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 223 / 402.554.4867
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- Geometric topology, knots and groups.
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- Mahboub Baccouch, PhD — mbaccouch@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 233 / 402.554.4016
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- Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing, Ordinary, Partial, and Stochastic Differential Equations
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- Betty N. Love, PhD — blove@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 224 / 402.554.2831
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- Mathematical Programming, Data Analysis, Mathematical Computing, Mathematics Education
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- Dora Velcsov, PhD — dvelcsov@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 228 / 402.554.3295
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- Modeling and Dynamics of Complex Boolean Networks, Mathematical Biology
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- Xiaoyue Cheng, PhD — xycheng@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 225 / 402.554.2848
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- Data Visualization and Interactive Graphics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Statistical Modeling, Data Exploratory Analysis
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- Steve From, PhD — sfrom@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 236 / 402.554.3622
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- Theoretical Statistics
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- Mahbubul Majumder, PhD — mmajumder@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MS Data Science Graduate Program Chair
- DSC 238 / 402.554.2734
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- Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization and Visual Inference, Statistical Modeling, Data Science
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- Andrew W. Swift, DSc — aswift@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MA/MS Graduate Program Chair
- DSC 237 / 402.554.3637
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- Statistics, Probability, Operations Research
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- Betty N. Love, PhD — blove@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 224 / 402.554.2831
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- Mathematical Programming, Data Analysis, Mathematical Computing, Mathematics Education
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- Andrew W. Swift, DSc — aswift@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MA/MS Graduate Program Chair
- DSC 237 / 402.554.3637
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- Statistics, Probability, Operations Research
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- Fabio Vitor, PhD — ftorresvitor@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 239 / 402.554.2691
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- Operations Research, Optimization Modeling, Mathematical Programming, Optimization Algorithms
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- Jim Rogers, PhD — jrogers@unomaha.edu
- Department Chair
- Associate Professor
- DSC 203B / 402.554.3110
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- Mathematical Biology
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- Vyacheslav Rykov, PhD — vrykov@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 247 / 402.554.3117
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- Bioinformatics, Combinatorics, Information and Coding Theory
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- Michael Matthews, PhD — michaelmatthews@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MAT Graduate Program Chair
- Interim Math Lab Director
- DSC 231 / 402.554.3558
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- Math Education
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- Patrick Rault, PhD — prault@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Dr. George Haddix Community Chair of Mathematics
- DSC 227 / 402.554.3437
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- Number Theory, Matrix Analysis, Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Research
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- Janice Rech, PhD — jrech@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- DSC 221 / 402.554.2827
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- Math Education
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- Karina Uhing, PhD — kluhing@unomaha.edu
- Instructor
- DSC 217 / 402.554.4012
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- Undergraduate Mathematics Education
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- Becky Brusky — rbrusky@unomaha.edu
- Instructor
- DSC 235 / 402.554.2836
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- Quantitative and Data Literacy
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- Xiaoyue Cheng, PhD — xycheng@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 225 / 402.554.2848
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- Data Visualization and Interactive Graphics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Statistical Modeling, Data Exploratory Analysis
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- Steve From, PhD — sfrom@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 236 / 402.554.3622
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- Theoretical Statistics
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- Betty N. Love, PhD — blove@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- DSC 224 / 402.554.2831
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- Mathematical Programming, Data Analysis, Mathematical Computing, Mathematics Education
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- Mahbubul Majumder, PhD — mmajumder@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MS Data Science Graduate Program Chair
- DSC 238 / 402.554.2734
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- Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization and Visual Inference, Statistical Modeling, Data Science
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- Andrew W. Swift, DSc — aswift@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- MA/MS Graduate Program Chair
- DSC 237 / 402.554.3637
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- Statistics, Probability, Operations Research
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- Fabio Vitor, PhD — ftorresvitor@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 239 / 402.554.2691
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- Operations Research, Optimization Modeling, Mathematical Programming, Optimization Algorithms
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- Cong Wang, PhD — congwang@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- DSC 235 / 402.554.4044
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- Parameters estimation using a priori procedure, Multivariate linear models with skew normal error, Distributions of quadratic forms with applications
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