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The Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering is committed to delivering science, engineering, and mathematics education to students through individual attention with emphasis on self-learning, service to society, and ethical behavior. Students experience close interactions with the faculty as a result of small class sizes...

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For students and professionals with a bachelor's degree in one of the branches of science or engineering, courses are taught in the evenings on LMU's Westchester campus and are typically completed in six semesters. The flexible format is designed so you can proceed at your own pace.

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The eight departments in Seaver College represent the breadth of studies available in LMU's science, engineering and mathematics curricula. Together they offer opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study in more than a dozen disciplines, and offer the following degrees: Bachelor's of arts, bachelor's of science, bachelor's of science in engineering, master's of science, and master's of science in engineering.

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$abolnikov$		Lev Abolnikov Professor of Mathematics Dr. Abolnikov's interests are in probability, statistics, and stochastic processes. He is especially interested in queueing theory. Dr. Abolnikov received his Ph.D. from the USSR Engineering Academy of Management and Communications Science in 1970 and his M.S. from University of Leningrad in 1961. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Abolnikov coaches the math olympiad team. He joined the LMU faculty in 1981. Office: UH 2753 Phone: (310) 338-5103 Email: labolnik@lmu.edu

$AnnaPhoto$		Anna Bargagliotti Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Bargagliotti's interests are in nonparametric statistics, mathematics education, and statistics education. Her nonparametric statistics work focuses on how ranked data structures affect nonparametric test outcomes. Her education work aims to understand how teaching practices and technology affect the teaching and learning of mathematics and statistics. Dr. Bargagliotti received her Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Irvine and her M.S. in statistics from UC Los Angeles. She joined the LMU faculty in 2011. Office: UH 2752 Phone: (310) 338-4582 Email: anna.bargagliotti@lmu.edu Webpage: http://www.abargagliotti.com

$bennett_curt$		Curtis Bennett Professor of Mathematics Dr. Bennett's interests are in group theory, especially its application to algebraic geometry and combinatorics, and in mathematics education. Dr. Bennett received his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Chicago in1990 and 1986, respectively, and his B.S. from Colorado State University in 1985. He joined the LMU faculty in 2002. Office: UH 2718 Phone: (310) 338-5112 Email: cbennett@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/cbennett

$berg_michael$		Michael Berg Professor of Mathematics Dr. Berg's interests are in algebra and number theory (especially analytic methods vis-a-vis higher reciprocity laws), and non-Archimedean Fourier analysis. Dr. Berg received his Ph.D. from UC San Diego 1985 and his B. A. from UC Los Angeles in 1978. He joined the LMU faculty in 1989. Office: UH 2757 Phone: (310) 338-5116 Email: mberg@lmu.edu

$crans_alissa$		Alissa Crans Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Crans' interests are in algebra, particularly in higher dimensional Lie algebras and their relationships with topology. Dr. Crans received her Ph.D. and M.S. from UC Riverside in 2004 and 2000, respectively, and her B.S. degree from the University of Redlands in 1999. She joined the LMU faculty in 2004. Office: UH 2724 Phone: (310) 338-2380 Email: acrans@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/acrans

$dewar$		Jacqueline Dewar Professor of Mathematics Dr. Dewar's interests are in the preparation of K-12 mathematics teachers and in gender-related issues in mathematics. Dr. Dewar received her Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Southern California in 1973 and 1971, respectively, and her B. S. from St. Louis University in 1968. Dr. Dewar is the LMU campus coordinator of the Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher Excellence. She joined the LMU faculty in 1973. Office: UH 2771 Phone: (310) 338-5106 Email: jdewar@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdewar

$fitzpatrick$		Ben G. Fitzpatrick Professor of Mathematics Clarence J. Wallen, S.J. Chair of Mathematics Dr. Fitzpatrick's interests are in applied mathematics. Dr. Fitzpatrick received his Ph.D. and Sc. M. from Brown University in 1988 and 1986, respectively, and his M.P.S. and B.S. from Auburn University in 1983 and 1981, respectively. He joined the LMU faculty in 2001. Office: UH 2769 Phone: (310) 338-7892 Email: bfitzpatrick@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/faculty/bfitzpatrick

$Angela$		Angela Gallegos Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Gallegos' interests are broadly in biological modeling and she has used differential equations to do so. Dr. Gallegos received her Ph.D. from UC Davis in 2005 and her B.A. from New York University in 1999. She joined the LMU faculty in 2011. Office: UH 2726 Phone: (310) 338-1692 Email: angela.gallegos@lmu.edu

$grady_michael$		Michael Grady Professor of Mathematics Dr. Grady's interests are in functional analysis. Dr. Grady received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1975, his M.S. from the University of Southern Illinois in 1970, and his B.S.from University of Missouri in 1968. He joined the LMU faculty in 1975. Office: UH 2767 Phone: (310) 338-5107 Email: mgrady@lmu.edu

$khadjavi$		Lily Khadjavi Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Khadjavi's interests are in algebraic number theory, cryptography, and complexity theory. Dr. Khadjavi received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1999 and her A.B. from Harvard University in 1990. She joined the LMU faculty in 1999. Office: UH 2765 Phone: (310) 338-5969 Email: lkhadjavi@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/lkhadjavi

$larson$		Suzanne Larson Professor of Mathematics Dr. Larson's interests are in lattice ordered algebraic systems. Dr. Larson received her Ph.D.from the Claremont Graduate University in 1984 and her B.A. from St. Olaf in 1979. She joined the LMU faculty in 1986. Office: UH 2775 Phone: (310) 338-5111 Email: slarson@lmu.edu

$MaPhoto$		Yanping Ma Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Ma's interests are in applied mathematics, especially in biomathematics. Dr. Ma received her Ph.D. in applied mathematics with a minor in statistics from Pennsylvania State University in 2011 and her B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2006. She joined the LMU faculty in 2011. Office: UH 2768 Phone: (310) 338-5108 Email: yanping.ma@lmu.edu

$medina_herb$		Herbert A. Medina Professor of Mathematics Dr. Medina's interests are in functional analysis, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, wavelets, polynomial approximations, and issues of access to mathematics higher education. Dr. Medina received his Ph.D. and M. S. from UC Berkeley in 1992 and 1987, respectively, and his B.S. from UC Los Angeles in 1985. He joined the LMU faculty in 1992. Office: UH 2761 Phone: (310) 338-5113 Email: hmedina@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/hmedina

$mellor_blake$		Blake Mellor Professor of Mathematics Dr. Mellor's interests are in knot theory, finite-type invariants and low-dimensional topology. Dr. Mellor received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, in 1999 and his B.A. from Harvard University in 1993. He joined the LMU faculty in 2002. Office: UH 2712 Phone: (310) 338-5775 Email: bmellor@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/bmellor

$mosteig$		Ed Mosteig Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Mosteig's interests are in commutative algebra, coding theory, valuation theory, and applications of computational algebra to statistics. Dr. Mosteig received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2000, his M.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1999, his M.S. in Mathematics from University of Illinois in 1996, and his B.S. from University of Michigan in 1993. He joined the LMU faculty in 2002. Office: UH 2716 Phone: (310) 338-2381 Email: emosteig@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/faculty/emosteig

$Ortiz$		Natalie Ortiz Clinical Professor of Mathematics Mrs. Ortiz's interests are in mathematics education, financial literacy, and applications of mathematics in physics and engineering. Mrs. Ortiz received her Master's in Education and her B.S. in mathematics from Loyola Marymount University in 1997 and 1992, respectively. She joined the LMU faculty in 1997. Office: UH 2756 Phone: (310) 338-5110 Email: nortiz@lmu.edu

$rovetti_robert$		Robert Rovetti Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Rovetti combines interests in stochastic processes, nonlinear dynamics, and medicine to model human physiology. He received his Ph.D. from UC Los Angeles in 2008, and his B.S. degree from Pacific Union College in 1999. He joined the LMU faculty in 2008. Office: UH 2714 Phone: (310) 338-2375 Email: rrovetti@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/rrovetti

$shanahan$		Patrick Shanahan Professor of Mathematics Dr. Shanahan's interests are in geometric topology, knot theory, hyperbolic geometry, and representation theory. Dr. Shanahan received his Ph.D. and M. A. from UC Santa Barbara in 1996 and 1992, respectively, and his B.A. from Cal State Long Beach in 1990. He joined the LMU faculty in 1996. Office: UH 2755 Phone: (310) 338-7466 Email: pshanaha@lmu.edu Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/faculty/pshanaha

$smith_dave$		David Smith Professor of Mathematics Dr. Smith's interests are in numerical analysis and scientific computation. Dr. Smith received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Oklahoma State in 1978, 1973, and 1971, respectively. He joined the LMU faculty in 1978. Office: UH 2763 Phone: (310) 338-5105 Email: see http://myweb.lmu.edu/dmsmith/dsmithhome.html Webpage: http://myweb.lmu.edu/dmsmith/dsmithhome.html

$zachariah_thomas$		Thomas Zachariah Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Zachariah's interests are in geometric probability and mathematical modeling. Dr. Zachariah received his Ph.D. and M. A. from the Claremont Graduate University in 1984 and 1980, respectively, and his B.S. from Kerala University, India, in 1973. Projects of interest include the topology commentary and the MAA Southern CA section. He joined the LMU faculty in 1988. Office: UH 2773 Phone: (310) 338-5109 Email: tzachariah@lmu.edu

Emeritus and Retired Faculty

$weeks$	Connie Weeks Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Dr. Weeks' interests are in applied mathematics, especially astrodynamics, estimation theory, and differential equations. Dr. Weeks received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in 1977 and 1972, respectively, and her B.A. from Harvey Mudd College in 1970. She joined the LMU faculty in 1987. Email: cweeks@lmu.edu
$wright_scott$	Scott Wright Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Mr. Wright received his M.S. from the University of Southern California in 1965 and his B.A. from Pomona College in 1963. He joined the LMU faculty in 1967. Email: swright@lmu.edu
$zill_dennis$	Dennis Zill Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Dr. Zill retired in 2009 and continues his mathematical work authoring textbooks in calculus, differential equations, applied mathematics, and complex variables. Email: dzill@lmu.edu
$wallenasp.jpg$	Father Clarence J. Wallen Father Clarence J. Wallen, S. J., received his M.S. degree in mathematics from St. Louis University in 1946, after which he taught for one year at Loyola University of Los Angeles. He went back to St. Louis University and received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1956. After completing his doctorate, he returned to Los Angeles to take a faculty position at Loyola University. During his tenure as chair of the department from 1971-1974, Loyola University merged with Marymount College to become Loyola Marymount University. Fr. Wallen retired in 1987. After his retirement, he continued teaching in the department part-time until 1998. Fr. Wallen remained active in both the the spiritual life of the University and in the LMU Jesuit community until his passing in 1999. Fr. Wallen's legacy as a mathematics faculty member of Loyola/LMU lives in the dozens of students on whom he has had a significant influence. Many of the students he taught over the years, have gone on to earn graduate degrees in the mathematical sciences.