Department of Mathematical Sciences

Faculty Profiles

2008 - 2009 Faculty



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Martha Abell Abell, Martha

Chair, Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989 (year of appointment at GSU: 1989)
Scholarship Interests:
Differential Equations and Their Applications, Mathematical Biology, The Use of Technology

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Contact Information:  martha at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5132, MP3008
Sharon Barrs Barrs, Sharon

Instructor of Mathematics, M.S., University of South Carolina, 1992 (2007)
Scholarship Interests:

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Contact Information: sbarrs at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0493, MP 3024
Debbie BellBell, Debbie

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ed.D., Georgia Southern University, 2003 (1986)
Scholarship Interests:

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Contact Information: debbie at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5392, MP 3303
Braselton, James

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, M.S., Ohio State University, 1990 (1990)
Scholarship Interests:

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Contact Information: jbraselton at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1966, MP 2321
Lori BraseltonBraselton, Lorraine

Instructor of Mathematics, M.S., University of Illinois, 1988 (1990)
Sholarship Interests:

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Contact Information: loribras at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5508, MP 3035
Charles Champ Champ, Charles

Professor of Statistics, Ph.D., University of Louisiana-Lafayette, 1986 (1992)

Sholarship Interests:
Statistical Quality Control, Statistical Design of Experiments, Computer Arithmetic, Software Quality Assurance

Representative Publications:
  • Jones, L.A., Champ, C.W., and Rigdon, S.E. (2001), "Performance Analysis of the EWMA Chart When Parameters Are Estimated," Technometrics 43, 156-167. (Invited paper presented at the Technometrics session of the 45th Annual Fall Technical Conference held in Toronto, Canada, October 18-19, 2001.)
  • Champ, C.W., Rigdon, S.E., and Scharnagl, K.A. (2001), "Method for Deriving Integral Equations Useful in Control Chart Performance Analysis," Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Applications 47(3), 2089-2101. (Invited paper presented at the World Congress for Nonlinear Analysts held in Catania, Italy July 17-26, 2000.)
  • Borror, C.M., and Champ, C.W. (2001), "Phase I Control Charts for Independent Bernoulli Data," Journal of Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 17, 1-6.
    • Contact Information: cchamp at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5477, MP 3308
    Chimariya, Kali

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, M. S..2008 (2008)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information: kchimariya at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912)478 1368, MP 3036
    Steven Damelin Damelin, Steven

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Witwatersrand, 1996 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Harmonic Analysis, Scattering, Numerical Analysis, Imaging, Approximation Theory, Combinatorial Designs.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information: damelin at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5309, MP 3047
    Joy DarleyDarley, Joy

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2005 (2005)
    Scholarship Interests:
    • Teaching teachers to teach their students to think algebraically by connecting algebraic properties to their corresponding arithmetic properties.
    • Using multiple representations to model functions.
    • Utilizing the schemata theory in order to build conceptual understanding prior to learning mathematical procedures
    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  jdarley at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5892, MP 3039
    Futch, Kelly

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics,

    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information: kellynfutch at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5298, MP 3038
    Hathaway, Richard

    Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Rice University, 1983 (1986)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  rhathaway at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5619, MP 2309
    John HawkinsHawkins, John

    Temporary Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1969 (2003)
    Scholarship Interests:
    • Numerical methods for solving differential equations.
    • Use of the internet fo augment and replace classroom instructions.
    • Banking applications on computers.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  jbhawkin at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu,  (912) 478-0856, MP 3047
    Hsieh, Wei-Jen

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, Lehigh University 2008 (2008)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  whsieh at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu,  (912) 478-2375, MP 1012 D
    Yingkang Hu Hu. Yingkang

    Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1989 (1989)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in Approximation Theory and Numerical Analysis.

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    Contact Information:  yhu at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0891, MP 2325
    Pat Humphrey Humphrey, Patricia

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1995 (1997)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I'm interested in stochastic processes, especially martingales as applied to wildlife population dynamics. I also have interests in combinatorics as well as in survey design and analysis.

    Representative Publications:
  • J. Braselton, J. Rafter, and P. Humphrey, Randomly Walking through Wall Street: Comparing Lump-sum Versus Dollar-Cost Averaging Investment Strategies, Mathematics and Computer Science in Simulation (1999), 49 (4-5), 297-316.
  • P. Humphrey and P. Quang, Martingales in Mark-Recapture Experiments with Constant Recruitment and Survivial, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications (2001), to appear.
    • Contact Information:  phumphre at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5706, MP 2303
    Alina Iacob Iacob, Alina

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2005 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Homological Algebra, Commutative Algebra

    Representative Publications:
    • A. Iacob, Remarks on balance in generalized Tate cohomology, Archiv der Mathematik, 85 (4), pp 335 - 344, 2005
    • A. Iacob, Direct sums of exact covers of complexes, Mathematica Scandinavica, 98 (2), pp 161 - 181, 2006
    • E. Enochs, A. Iacob, The aleph_1 product of DG-injective complexes, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 49, pp 257 - 266, 2006.

    Contact Information: aiacob at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1532, MP 3042
    Emil Iacob Iacob, Emil

    Temporary Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2005 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Computer Science

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    Contact Information: ieiacob at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0164, MP 1012B
    Kaymakcalan, Billur

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Florida Insitute of Technology, 1993 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Dynamic systems on time scales (measure chains), difference equations, stability theory, oscillation, and differential-difference inequalities.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  billur at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0088, MP 2310
    Scott Kersey Kersey, Scott

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999 (2003)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Numerical Approximation and Spline Theory, Computational Mathematics, CAGD

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  skersey at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0251, MP 3004
    Susie Lanier Lanier, Susie

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1999 (1983)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in mathematical problem solving, students' understanding and thinking, and using technology in the classroom.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  slanier at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0168, MP 2323
    Bridgett H. Lee Lee, Bridgett

    Lecturer of Mathematics, M.Ed.., Georgia Southern University, 2000 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  bhlee at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1349, MP 3034
    Goran Lesaja Lesaja, Goran

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1996 (1996)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Operations Research, Optimization, Interior-Point Methods.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  goran at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0365, MP 2307
    Xiezhang Li Li, Xiezhang

    Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1990 (1990)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Numerical Analysis, Matrix Theory and its Application, and Biomathematics

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    Contact Information: xli at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1475, MP 2305
    Lin, Yi

    Assistatnt Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Cornell University 2004 (2008)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  yilin at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) , MP 3004
    Viktor Maymeskul Maymeskul, Viktor

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2001 (2002)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Approximation theory, Orthogonal polynomials, Conformal and Quasiconformal mappings, Potential theory.

    Representative Publications:
    • Martinez-Finkelshtein, A., Maymeskul, V., Rakhmanov, E. A. and E. B. Saff, Asymptotics for minimal discrete Riesz energy on curves in Rn, Canad. J. Math. (2004), 56, № 3, pp. 529--552.
    • Maymeskul, V. and E. B. Saff, Zeros of polynomials orthogonal over regular N-gons, J. Approx. Theory (2003), 122, № 1, pp. 129--140.
    • Andrievskii, V.V., Maymeskul, V., and V. I. Belyi, Approximation of solutions of the equation Ḋn f=0, n>0, in domains with a quasiconformal boundary, Math. USSR Sbornik (1991), 68, № 11, pp. 303--323.
    Contact Information:  vmaymesk at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5802, MP 3307
    Bruce McLean McLean, Bruce

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1971 (1980)
    Scholarship Interests:

    Representative Publications:
    • T. Bruce McLean and Sam B. Nadler Jr.,"Shift Points and the Fixed Point Property for Products," Fixed Point Theory, (2004), V5 Number 2, pp 299-302.
    • J. B. Fugate and T. Bruce McLean "Compact Groups of Homeomorphisms on Tree-like Continua," Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, V267 (1981) pp. 609-619.
    • T. Bruce McLean "Confluent Images of Tree-like continua are Tree-like," Duke Math. Journal, V39 (1972), pp. 465-473.

    Contact Information:  bmclean at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5778, MP 3327
    Meagan McNamee McNamee, Meagan

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, M.A., University of South Florida, 2005 (2005)
    Scholarship Interests:
    • Partial Differential Equations
    • Thesis : Analysis on a Class of Carnot Groups of Heisenberg Type
    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  mmcnamee at GeorgiaSouthern.edu, (912) 478-1368, MP 3036
    Greg Michalski Michalski, Grzegorz "Greg"

    Temporary Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1996 (1998)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in Mathematical Logic and, in particular, Computability Theory.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  gmichals at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1339, MP 1012C
    Frederic Mynard Frédéric Mynard

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Dijon, 1999 (2004)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in categorical and set-theoretic topology.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  fmynard at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1962, MP 3326
    Sze-Man Ngai
    Ngai, Sze-man

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1995 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in fractal geometry, the theory of fractal measures and their interactions with wavelets, tilings, and fractal differential equations.

    Representative Publications:
  • Hausdorff dimension of self-similar sets with overlaps (with Y. Wang), J. London Math. Soc. (2), 63 (2001), no. 3, 655-672.
  • Second-order self-similar identities and multifractal decompositions (with K.-S. Lau), Indiana Univ. Math. J. 49 (2000), 925-972.
  • Multifractal measures and a weak separation condition (with K.-S. Lau), Adv. Math. 141 (1999), 45-96.
    • Contact Information:  smngai at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5839, MP 3323
    Broderick Oluyede Oluyede, Broderick

    Associate Professor of Statistics, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1991 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Order Restricted Inference, Categorical Data Analysis, Reliability, Statistical Computing, Stochastic Inequalities and Multivariate Dependence.

    Representative Publications:
    • Some General Notions of Variability Ordering With Applications, Stochastic Analysis and Applications , Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 841-856, 2001.with E.O. George,
    • On Stochastic Inequalities and Comparisons of Reliability Measures for Weighted Distributions, Mathematical Problems In Engineering: Theory, Methods, and Applications, Vol. 8, pp.1-13, 2002.
    • On Inequalities and Selection of Experiments for Length Biased Distributions, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences (1999) 13, No 2, 169-185.

    Contact Information:  boluyede at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5427, MP 3309
    Reinhard Piltner Piltner, Reinhard

    Temporary Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D.,  Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 1982 (2004)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  rpiltner at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 486-7767, MP 3006
    Ransom, Marshall

    Lecturer of Mathematics, Ed.S., Stetson University, 1991 (2003)
    Scholarship Interests:  
    Technology in Education, Math Literacy, Success in Core Courses, Advanced Placement Calculus

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  mransom at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0364, MP 3025B

    Rogers, Wes
    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, M.S., Georgia Southern University, 1997 (2003)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  gwrogers at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5286, MP 3043
    Donna Saye Saye, Donna

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ed.D., Georgia Southern University, 2002 (1988)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  dbsaye at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0267, MP 2327
    Schneider, Alfred

    Part Time Instructor of Mathematics, Ph. D. University of Georgia, 1997 (2006)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  (912) 478-5390 MP 3008
    Sills, Andrew

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Number theory, combinatorics, classical analysis, symbolic computation, mathematics of Ramanujan.

    Representative Publications:
    • "Identitites of the Rogers-Ramanujan-Bailey type," J. Math. Anal. Appl. 308/2 (2005) 669-688.
    • "Disturbing the Dyson conjecture, in a generally GOOD way," J. Combin. Theory, Ser. A 113/7 (2006) 1368-1380.
    • "Identities of the Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater type," Int. J. Number Theory 3 (2007) 293-323.

    Contact Information: asills at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5892, MP 3039
    Inna Smith Smith, Inna

    Temporary Instructor , M.S., Georgia Southern University, 2005 (2003)
    Scholarship Interests: 
    Mathematical Control Theory (Controllability, Observability, Realizability)

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  ismith at GeorgiaSoutherndot edu, (912) 478-5852, MP 3046
    Solomon, Jimmy

    Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D.,  Texas A&M University, 1972 (1995)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  jsolomon at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0368, MP 2322
    Stapleton, Debbye

    Assistant Professor Emerita (Part Time), M.S.O.R., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984 (1987)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  dstapleton at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0367, MP 3322
    David Stone Stone, David

    Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1968 (1968)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I am interested in Mathematical Problem Solving, Elementary Number Theory, Mathematics Education, and Rings & Modules.

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  dstone at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5335, MP 3324
    Sharon Taylor Taylor, Sharon

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1993 (1996)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  taylors at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0266, MP 2324
    Varnell, Jacqueline

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, Valdosta State University 2002 (2008)
    Scholarship Interests:
    I want to learn to use Actionscript for Flash and create interactive multimedia for teaching mathematics.
    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  jvarnell at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0363, MP 3041
    Marisa Williams Williams, Marisa

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, M.S., Colorado State University, 2007 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information: mkwilliams at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0363, MP 3033
    Wu, Yan

    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2000 (2000)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Control System Theory and Digital Signal Processing.

    Representative Publications:
    • On the Design of an Array of Subband Predictive Filters for Bandlimited Signals, WSEAS Trans. Signal Processing, v. 2 (11), 1441-1447, 2006.
    • A Universal Interpolative Filter for Low-pass And Bandpass Signals-CSINC Interpolator, Digital Signal Processing, v.15 (5), 425-436, 2005. Ranked 4th place in DSP's Top25 publications, see the link: http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?cat_id=5&subject_area_id=7&journal_id=10512004
    • A Robust DSP Integrator for Accelerometer Signals (with D. H. Mugler), IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., v. 51 (2), 385-389, 2004.
    Patent:
    • A Robust DSP Integrator for Accelerometer Signals (with Dale H. Mugler), United States Patent Number 7130764, United States Patent and Trademark Office, October 31, 2006.

    Contact Information:  yan at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1470, MP 3328
    Dr. Xie Xie, Xiangdong

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2001 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Nonpositive curvature, geometric group theory, geometric analysis, quasiconformal maps.

    Representative Publications:
    • "Growth of relatively hyperbolic groups", Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), no. 3, 695--704.
    • "Quasi-isometric rigidity of Fuchsian buildings", Topology 45 (2006), no.1, 101--169.
    • "The Tits boundary of a CAT(0) 2-complex", Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 357 (2005), no. 4, 1627--1661

    Contact Information: xxie at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5202, MP 3037
    Lisa Yocco Yocco, Lisa

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, M.S., Florida State University, 1978 (1989)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Using Technology in mathematics education.
     
    Representative Publications:
    • Harshbarger, R. and L. Yocco,  Easy Steps to Success Using the TI-83 Graphing Calculator, 2005 edition, (Electronic supplement to 'Mathematical Applications..' by Harshbarger and Reynolds), Houghton-Mifflin (2005).
    • Harshbarger, R. and L. Yocco, College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life and Social Sciences, 2nd. ed., Addison Wesley (2006).
    Contact Information:  lisay at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0874, MP 2320
    Jane Zhang Zhang, Jane

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics, M.S., University of Northern Iowa, 1999 (2002)
    Scholarship Interests:

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    Contact Information:  hzhang at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-5883, MP 3049
    Shijun Zheng Zheng, Shijun

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2003 (2007)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Harmonic analysis and PDE, Schrödinger operators, Mathematical modeling

    Representative Publications:
    • S.Zheng, Littlewood-Paley theorem for Schrödinger operators. /Anal. Theo. Appl/. *22*(4), 2006.
    • G.Olafsson and S.Zheng, Function spaces associated with Schrödinger operators: the Pöschl-Teller potential. /Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications/ *12* (6), 2006.
    • S.Zheng, Cesaro summability of Hardy space on the ring of integers in a local field, /J. Math. Anal. Appl./, *249*, (2000).

    Contact Information: szheng at georgiasouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0088, MP 2310

    Zhao, Chunshan

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2006 (2006)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and their Applicaitons

    Representative Publications:
    • On the structure of solutions to a class of quasilinear elliptic Neumann problems (with Y. Li).  J. Differential Equations 212 (2005) , no. 1, 208--233.
    • A note on the exponential decay properties of ground states for quasilinear elliptic equations (with Y. Li).  Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), no. 7, 2005--2012.
    • On existence, uniqueness and $L\sp r$-exponential stability for stationary solutions to the MHD equations in three-dimensional domains (with K.-T. Li).  ANZIAM J. 46 (2004), no. 1, 95--109.
    Contact Information:  czhao at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1532, MP 3042
    Zhu, Jiehua

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005 (2005)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Computed Tomography, Biomedical Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  jzhu at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-0264, MP 3310
    Francois ZieglerZiegler, Francois

    Temporary Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., Aix-Marseille I University, 1997 (2004)
    Scholarship Interests:
    Lie group representations, symplectic geometry, mathematical physics

    Representative Publications:

    Contact Information:  fziegler at GeorgiaSouthern dot edu, (912) 478-1969, MP 3003