UCSB Math Circle

University of California, Santa Barbara

The faculty involved in the UCSB Math Circle are:

Maria Isabel Bueno Cachadina Maribel has a PhD in mathematics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). Her undergraduate degree is from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). She started as a Middle and High School teacher, before decideding to work at college level. She has taught mathematics in several High Schools in Spain and Bolivia. She has also taught at Universidad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), The College of William and Mary (Virginia), and UCSB. Maribel is the author of several research papers in mathematics. One of her interests is introducing high school and college students into the research experience.
Paul Atzberger He received his PhD from Courant Institute, New York University in 2003. His research interests are in Stochastic Analysis with an emphasis on applications and the development of new computational methods. He received an NSF Career Award in 2010 and the Hellman Faculty Fellowship in 2009.  He is currently a faculty member of both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB.  He currently advises several graduate and undergraduate students on interdisciplinary projects involving collaborations with colleagues around campus.  More information can be found on his research website: www.math.ucsb.edu/~atzberg
Jon Karl Sigurdsson He is one of Paul Atzberger's graduate students.  He is currently using techniques from stochastic calculus, and numerical analysis to develop methods to investigate protein diffusion on a cell membrane. He is also a teaching assistant in the Math Department at UCSB. He received his bachelors degree in mathematics from University of Iceland.
David Valdman He is one of Paul Atzberger's graduate students. He is currently using techniques from calculus of variations, stochastic calculus, and numerical analysis to develop methods for the investigation of biological polymers and membranes immersed in complex fluids. He is also a teaching assistant in the Math Department at UCSB. He received his bachelors degree from New York University as a math major with a minor in Physics.
Guofang wei She received her PhD from SUNY Stony Brook in 1989. As a researcher she is interested in Differential Geometry and has more than 30 scientific publications in the area. She is currently a faculty member of the Math Department at UCSB.