Mathematics and Statistics

Only two grand prizes were given at the International Mathematics Competition this July, which drew 578 students who work in teams from 30 countries worldwide. For the first time in over a decade, one country has claimed both the lower age (up to sixth grade) and upper age (up to ninth grade) grand championship titles: […]

Shaoyu Li is a College of Science associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics and a member of CIPHER, Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks, research center. Her area of research is statistical genetics and genomics. She is also an affiliate of the School of Data Science and was featured in an article alongside […]

Gerwood (Jerri) is the Co-Founder and Co-owner of an award-winning lifestyle brand (704 Shop) that strives to connect their supporters to each other and to the region. With a non-traditional path to the industry, Gerwood has a unique perspective on accomplishing goals and becoming an entrepreneur. He looks forward to becoming a Ventureprise board member and […]

Dr. Dan Han received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 2019 from UNC, Charlotte under the gudiance of Professor Molchanov. She joined as a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Louisville in 2019. Her research interestes include probability theory & stochastic, statistics and their applications to problems in population dynamics, data sciences, social network […]

Education: Doctor of Science in Mathematics, subject area “Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations,” Computing Center of The Siberian Branch of The Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk. Biography: Dr. Klibanov has recently been recognized by the Stanford University Study as among the top 2% of the world’s most cited researchers. He was also awarded the Golden Medal for […]

The NIH proposal titled “Statistical Methods for Efficacy Trials of Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies Against Genetically-Diverse Pathogens”, Co-PIed by Dr. Yanqing Sun with the investigators from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UNC Chapel Hill, has received the MERIT extension award. The award gives five additional years of $100,000 each year of funding support to Dr.Yanqing Sun as the […]

Creating supportive learning environments that enable students to succeed is a hallmark of Charlotte faculty members, and this year’s nominees for the University’s teaching excellence awards exemplify that commitment. For the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence, finalists are Paula Connolly, professor, English; M.Lyn Exum, associate professor, criminal justice and criminology; and Amy Good, […]

Risk management and data analysis are critical life skills for Grayson Dill, ’11, who draws upon these core attributes while scaling mountain summits around the world and working as a wilderness EMT. Along with expertise and drive, they also have helped advance his banking career, propelling him to his current position as a risk management […]