Meet our bright, diverse and passionate students in the department who are researching in pure Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Statistics. View our Fall 2023 graduate teaching assistants here.
Applied Mathematics
Meaghan Allen
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W350
Contact: Meaghan.Allen@unh.edu
Meaghan entered the department in the fall of 2019. She is a PhD student in the Pure Mathematics program at UNH. She is a graduate of Bridgewater State University. Her interests are in Analysis and Graph Theory.
Meaghan is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Eric Davis
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W348
Contact: Eric.Davis@unh.edu
Eric is a PhD student in the Mathematics program at UNH. His interests are in algebra, and he looks forward to studying commutative algebra and Galois theory. He is a graduate of Worcester State University.
Eric is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Devin Gent
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W350
Contact: Devin.Gent@unh.edu
Devin Gent joined the department in the fall of 2017. He is a PhD student in the Mathematics program at UNH. He previously attended Rivier University. His interests include Functional Analysis, Abstract Algebra, and Game Theory.
Devin is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Jonathan Godbout
PhD Mathematics
Contact: Jonathan.Godbout@unh.edu
Jonathan completed his Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics at the University of Vermont in 2013, focusing on Algebraic Combinatorics. He is a part time PhD student in the Mathematics program. Jonathan’s research is in Operator Algebra and Quantum Information Theory. In his spare time he is a software engineer at Google. He and his wife Wenjing (also an Operator Algebraist at UNH) live in Cambridge, MA.
Weichen Gu
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W350
Contact: Weichen.Gu@unh.edu
Weichen entered the department in the fall of 2019. He is a PhD student in the Mathematics program at UNH.
Weichen is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Alice Hempel
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W348
Contact: Alice.Hempel@unh.edu
Alice entered the department in the fall of 2017. She is a PhD student in the Mathematics program. Her main academic interests are in representation theory and tensor categories but she also dabbles in mathematics education (specifically student understanding of proofs) from time to time. Outside of academia, Alice can be found swimming, hiking, making music, and playing with her two cats.
Alice is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Thomas Nocera
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W348
Contact: Thomas.Nocera@unh.edu
Thomas entered the department in the fall of 2018. He is a PhD student in the Mathematics program. His interests include Modern Algebra, Topology, and Category Theory. He holds a BS in Mathematics.
Thomas is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
David Quaglieri
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: David.Quaglieri@unh.edu
David entered the department in the fall of 2016. He is a PhD student in the Mathematics program. His interests include Analysis and Linear Algebra. He holds a Master’s in Mathematics from Rhode Island College.
David is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Sukitha Inesha Rupasinghe Adappa
PhD Mathematics
Kingsbury Hall, room W350
Contact: Sukitha.Adappa@unh.edu
Sukitha entered the department in the fall of 2018. He is a PhD student in the Mathematics program. He is interested in a variety of areas, including topology, functional analysis, financial mathematics, computational mathematics, optimization or numerical analysis. Before his time at UNH, he was an Instructor in Engineering Mathematics at the Open University of Sri Lanka. Sukitha holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Peradeniya.
Sukitha is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Applied Mathematics
Maryam Aswad
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room KING N330
Contact: Maryam.Aswad@unh.edu
Sophie Brisard
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room N330
Contact: Sophia.Brisard@unh.edu
Sophie is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Courtney Burns
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room N330
Contact: Courtney.Burns@unh.edu
Courtney received her BS in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. After graduating, she worked as an Actuary for a year before making the decision to return to school and enter the Ph.D. program in Mathematics Education. She is passionate about math education and has spent a great deal of time tutoring K-12 students and students in 2-year and 4-year University programs.
Courtney is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Bitna Choi
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room N330
Contact: Bitna.Choi@unh.edu
Bitna earned a BS in Mathematics from Chung-Ang University in South Korea. After graduating, she wanted to study education further, so she completed a master's degree in Mathematics Education at Korea University. She earned a second master's degree in Mathematics from Lakehead University in Canada. Bitna joined the department in the fall of 2020 in the PhD program in Mathematics Education.
Bitna is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Catherine Dennis
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room N330
Contact: Catherine.Dennis@unh.edu
Catherine grew up in a small town on Cape Cod. She then went to undergrad at Wheaton College (MA), where she fell in love with teaching. Wanting to pursue her love for math education further, she found UNH and joined their Math Education PhD team.
Catherine is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Jessica Harter
PhD Mathematics Education
Kingsbury Hall, room N330
Contact: Jessica.Harter@unh.edu
Jess entered the PhD in Mathematics Education program in the fall of 2018. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Framingham State University and her Master's in Education from Worcester State University. Before her time at UNH, she worked in the Student Accounts and Financial Aid offices at FSU, as a para-professional in a 4th grade classroom, and as an adjunct professor at WSU. She has been a TA for MATH 418, 422, 424B, and 425. She has also been the instructor for MATH 424B.
Jess is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Phuong (Emily) Wilk
PhD Mathematics Education
Contact: Phuong.Wilk@unh.edu
Emily entered the department in the fall of 2017. She is a PhD student in the Mathematics Education program at UNH. She earned Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Connecticut’s Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates. Before coming to UNH, Emily was a Math Teacher at Coventry High School and Batchelder School, both in Connecticut.
Emily is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Applied Mathematics
Ron Coury
PhD Statistics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: Ron.Coury@unh.edu
Ron is a PhD student in the Statistics program at UNH. His interests stem from his research in Applied Linera Models, Nonparametric Methods and Categorical Data Analysis. He is focused on regression analysis and data mining.
Ron is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Rosemary Danaher
PhD Statistics
Contact: Rosemary.Danaher@unh.edu
Rosemary Danaher is a PhD student in Statistics at UNH. She earned a B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from Fairfield University. Rosemary also has her teaching certificate in secondary education, mathematics. She has 14 years of teaching experience at the collegiate level, as a full time faculty member at Sacred Heart University and an adjunct faculty member at Fairfield University. Prior to teaching she worked for a Fortune 10 company as an IT manager and software developer where she earned several awards for innovations in application development.
Jack DeGroot
PhD Statistics
Contact: Jack.Degroot@unh.edu
Jack entered the Statistics PhD program in Fall 2021 after graduating from Marywood University in May 2021 with a BS in Mathematics and Finance. He is interested in survival analysis and times series regarding financial and economic application.
Jack is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Kathryn "Nix" Dube
MS Statistics
Contact: Kathryn.Dube@unh.edu
Kathryn entered the department in the fall of 2017. She is currently a student in the Master of Science in Statistics program, and the Ethernets Operations Manager for the Ethernets Technologies Consortium at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Kathryn received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 2014. She has a passion for data analysis, and a strong interest in sports analytics.
Matthew Duckett
PhD Statistics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: Matthew.Duckett@unh.edu
Matthew entered the department in the fall of 2019. Previous to that, he spent three years as a visiting lecturer at Fairfield University. Matthew holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from Fairfield University, a Master of Science in Mathematics Education from Brooklyn college, and a dual B.A. in film and psychology from Syracuse University.
Matthew is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Shiyang Hu
PhD Statistics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: Shiyang.Hu@unh.edu
Jakub Michel
PhD Statistics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: Jakub.Michel@unh.edu
Jakub entered the department in the fall of 2018. He is a PhD student in the Statistics program. Before joining UNH, Jakub taught at Kiettisack International School and Oscar International School in Laos. Jakub earned a Master of Science in Mathematics from Missouri State University, and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Lincoln University.
Jakub is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Amanda Tellier
MS Statistics
Contact: Amanda.Tellier@unh.edu
Amanda entered the department in the fall of 2015. In that time she has worked on earning a post-bachelor’s certificate in Industrial Statistics and is now working to finish her Masters of Science in Statistics. Amanda is a member of UNH’s co-ed professional chemistry fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma and was initiated into the fraternity in 2014. Amanda earned a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Plymouth State University in 2013. She is interested in data analysis and design of experiments with a focus and interest in biostatistics.
Lin Wang
PhD Statistics
Contact: Lin.Wang@unh.edu
Biao (Dennis) Zhang
PhD Statistics
Kingsbury Hall, room N318
Contact: Biao.Zhang@unh.edu
Dennis entered the department in the fall of 2017. He is a PhD student in the Statistics program at UNH. He earned Master’s in Statistics from George Washington University in 2014, and a BS in Applied Mathematics from the Southwest University in China in 2012.
Dennis is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Applied Mathematics
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences offers an Integrated Applied Mathematics (IAM) PhD Program. This interdisciplinary applied mathematics program gives students the opportunity to explore the frontier where the sciences meet cutting-edge mathematical analysis and high performance computing.