I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in mathematical statistics that help prepare students for the P/1 actuarial exam. These courses also carry VEE (Validation by Educational Experience) credit from the Society of Actuaries. For more information, go to the VEE CREDIT link of the Department of Mathematics website.
My other duty is advising students in our
pre-engineering program. In this capacity, I teach courses in both mathematics and
physics; I hold a joint appointment to both departments.
My area of specialization is harmonic
analysis, with particular emphasis on mathematical tomography. Several methods
of medical imaging are based on tomography, including magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), computed x-ray tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography
(PET). I was quite active in research, spending
time at the Institute for Advanced Study as a visiting member in 1983 and 1989.
