Mathematics at Colby

Mayflower Hill 5830, Waterville ME 04901 Phone 207-859-5831 Fax 207-859-5846

People

The Mathematics faculty at Colby teach courses and engage in research in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. Our interests include algebraic topology, number theory, group theory, probability, operator theory, mathematical biology, and history of mathematics.

All email addresses are (at) colby.edu; to discourage spammers, we have not made them into links.

Occasionally, the faculty sabbatical schedule comes in handy.

Photo Name Title Interests Office Phone E-Mail
photo Ben Mathes Department Chair Functional analysis, operator theory, linear algebra Mudd 408 (207) 859-5839 dbmathes
photo Fernando Gouvêa Carter Professor Number theory, algebraic geometry, history of mathematics, expository writing in mathematics Olin 342 (207) 859-5836 fqgouvea
photo Leo Livshits Associate Professor Operator and matrix theory, linear algebra Mudd 414 (207) 859-5844 llivshi
photo George Welch Associate Professor Analysis, measure theory Mudd 406 (207) 859-5842 gawelch
photo Jan Holly Associate Professor Mathematical neuroscience, logic, algebra Mudd 402 (207) 859-5845 jeholly
photo Otto Bretscher Assistant Professor Mathematics education, linear algebra Mudd 407 (207) 859-5848 obretsch
photo Liam O'Brien Assistant Professor Biostatistics; methods for analyzing longitudinal and multivariate data; statistical applications to psychiatric epidemiology and neuroimaging Mudd 401 (207) 859-5838 lobrien
photo Alex Ghitza Assistant Professor Number theory, algebraic geometry Mudd 412 (207) 859-5834 aghitza
photo Nora Ganter Assistant Professor Elliptic cohomology, group representations on categories, generalized Moonshine Mudd 409 (207) 859-5840 nganter
photo Mark Rhodes Visiting Assistant Professor Mudd 416A (207) 859-5847 mrhodes
photo Jennifer Dillon Visiting Instructor Statistics Mudd 416A (207) 859-5832 jldillon
photo Carole Evans Administrative Secretary Pottery Page Mudd 413 (207) 859-5831 cbevans
photo Tom Berger Emeritus Professor Group theory, graph theory, mathematics education trberger