Committees & Service Appointments

Standing Committees

The Department of Mathematics assembles the following seven committees each year in accordance with department bylaws. Committee minutes, reports, and other procedural documents for these committees can be found in the Department Committees Box Folder. (Note: the Box link is only available to affiliates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)

Executive Committee

The executive committee works alongside the department chair concerning all matters of the department, including but not limited to preparation of the department budget; establishing additional committees outside the seven standing committees established in the department bylaws; and overseeing elections, hiring and recruitment, salaries, adherence to policies and procedures set forth by department bylaws; and identifying other needs and requirements of the department.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-executive-committee@illinois.edu.

  • Burak Erdogan
  • Marius Junge
  • Xiaochun Li (Spring Only)
  • Jake Rsmussen
  • Charles Rezk
  • Richard Sowers — Chair
  • Jesse Thorner
  • Susan Tolman

Grievance Committee

The Grievance Committee is responsible for fielding any grievance presented by any person with an academic appointment in the department and addressing any grievance within the scope of its charge.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-grievance-committee@illinois.edu.

  • Ely Kerman
  • Zoi Rapti
  • Vesna Stojanoska
  • Alexander Yong
  • Vadim Zharnitsky (Spring Only)

Capricious Grading Committee

The Capricious Grading Committee fields all capricious grading appeals in accordance with the procedures described in the Student Code and may also serve on a hearing committee to consider appeals of academic integrity charges that are brought in accordance with the procedures described in Article 1 Part 4 of the Student Code.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to  math-capricious-grading@illinois.edu.

  • Aimo Hinkkanen
  • April Hoffmeister
  • Felix Janda

Promotion and Tenure Committee

The Promotion and Tenure Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Department Chair and Executive Committee regarding promotions and tenure of faculty members. This committee makes their recommendations in consideration of the current statement on Promotion and Tenure Policies of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the policies set forth in the current Procedures of the Department of Mathematics Promotion and Tenure.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-promotion-tenure@illinois.edu.

  • Yuliy Baryshnikov
  • Nathan Dunfield
  • Sankar Dutta(Fall Only)
  • Sheldon Katz
  • Denka Kutzarova
  • Eugene Lerman
  • Rui Loja Fernandes
  • Igor Nikolaev (Fall Only)
  • Renming Song
  • Richard Sowers
  • Jeremy Tyson

Undergraduate Affairs Committee

The Undergraduate Affairs Committee serves as an educational policy committee for the undergraduate mathematics program of the department, providing guidance and oversight organization and quality of the undergraduate courses and curricula, including advising, honors, extension, and correspondence course programs.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-undergraduate-affairs@illinois.edu.

  • Jingyuan Chen (Spring Only)
  • Daniel Cooney
  • Lee DeVille — ex officio
  • Mk Kattner
  • Eugene Lerman — Chair
  • Alex Song (Spring Only)
  • Jenny Srikant
  • Vesna Stojanoska
  • Alexander Tumanov

Graduate Affairs Committee

The Graduate Affairs Committee considers all matters concerning the graduate program, making recommendations where appropriate to the tenure system faculty or to the Department Chair and the Executive Committee. Charges include, but are not limited to, size and distribution of the graduate student body, criteria for admission and allocation of fellowships and assistantships, programs of study, policy regarding availability and staffing of graduate courses, graduate examinations, criteria for retention of students and renewal of support, counseling and advising of students, requirements for degrees, and interdisciplinary graduate programs.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-gac@illinois.edu.

  • Jared Bronski — ex officio
  • Jihong Cai
  • Jeremiah Heller — Chair
  • Pei-Ken Hung
  • Deniz Özbay
  • Jake Rasmussen
  • Alexander Yong

The open minutes for the Graduate Affairs Committee may be found here. 

Personnel Committee for Specialized Faculty

This committee makes recommendations to the Department Chair and the Executive Committee concerning initial appointment and promotion for specialized faculty (e.g. teaching associate professor, teaching professor, research associate professor, and research professor).

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-specialized-faculty@illinois.edu.

  • Aimo Hinkkanen
  • Denka Kutzarova
  • Gabe La Nave — Chair

Ad Hoc Committees and Appointments

The following committees have been established by the Department Chair and Executive Committee to address specific needs and operations of the department. Unless otherwise noted address all correspondence concerning these committees to the current committee chair. 

Committee minutes, reports, and other procedural documents for these committees can be found in the Department Committees Box Folder. (Note: the Box link is only available to affiliates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)

Area Chairs

Area chairs are designated in each of the principal active areas of research and educational activity in the department of mathematics. Area chairs convene meetings with interested area participants to discuss topics of interest to the area and serve in an advisory role to the department chair on matters related to needs or requirements of their respective areas. More information about the charge of area chairs can be found in the area chair policies.

  • Algebraic Geometry: Sheldon Katz
  • Algebra: Charles Rezk
  • Analysis: Timur Oikhberg
  • Combinatorics: Jozsef Balogh
  • Differential Equations: Nikkos Tzirakis
  • Geometry and Topology: Nathan Dunfield
  • Number Theory: Kevin Ford
  • Probability: Partha Dey

Altgeld/Illini Hall Renovation Committee

  • Kevin Armstrong
  • Nathan Dunfield
  • Sheldon Katz
  • Richard Laugesen (Spring Only)
  • Karen Mortensen
  • Richard Sowers

Climate, Equity, & Inclusion Committee (CEI)

The CEI Committee discusses issues of equity and climate broadly across the department as they relate to student admission, classroom instruction, mentoring, hiring, evaluation, and the promotion and tenure process. The committee makes specific recommendations for ongoing actions or initiatives to improve the overall climate and promote an equitable and inclusive working environment.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-cei@illinois.edu. 

  • Ben Castle
  • Andy Cork
  • William Haboush
  • Ely Kerman
  • Jennifer McNeilly
  • Zishen Qu

Colloquium & Named Lectures Committee

This committee is responsible for arranging colloquia and hosting invited speakers to the Department of Mathematics. 

  • Scott Ahlgren (Spring Only)
  • Yuliy Baryshnikov — Chair
  • Felix Leditzky
  • Charles Rezk

D'Angelo Search

  • Kevin Ford
  • James Pascaleff
  • Zoi Rapti
  • Jeremy Tyson — Chair
  • Alexander Yong
  • Amanda Young

Graduate Recruitment & Application Screening Committee (GRAS)

  • Pierre Albin
  • Jared Bronski — ex officio
  • Eric Chen
  • Will Chen
  • Partha Dey
  • Felix Janda
  • Lena Ji
  • Kay Kirkpatrick
  • Abhishek Methuku
  • Nikolaos Tzirakis
  • Alexandru Zaharescu

NetMath Steering

  • Pierre Albin
  • Jared Bronski
  • Lee DeVille
  • Ely Kerman — Chair
  • Felix Leditzky
  • Victoria Prince

Postdoctoral Search Committee

  • Jozsef Balogh
  • Rui Loja Fernandes
  • Igor Mineyev
  • Renming Song — Chair
  • Xuan Wu
  • Alexandru Zaharescu

Social Committee

  • Jeremiah Heller
  • Eduard-Wilhelm Kirr — Chair
  • Jen Sans — ex officio
  • Polly Yu

Space Committee

  • Kevin Armstrong
  • Nathan Dunfield — Chair

Teaching Awards Committee

  • Scott Ahlgren (Spring Only)
  • Sankar Dutta (Fall Only)
  • Aimo  Hinkkanen— Chair
  • April Hoffmeister
  • James Pascaleff

Advising Committee

  • Scott Ahlgren (Spring Only)
  • Manijeh Bahreini Esfahani
  • Jozsef Balogh
  • William Haboush
  • Anil Hirani
  • Sergei Ivanov
  • Kay Kirkpatrick
  • Eduard-Wilhelm Kirr
  • Gabe La Nave
  • Aldo Manfroi
  • Jennifer McNeilly
  • Igor (Fall Only) Nokolaev
  • Timur Oikhberg
  • Nikolaos Tzirakis
  • Vadim Zhanitsky (Spring Only)

Other Service Appointments

  • AWM Advisor: Zoi Rapti
  • Mathematics Development Advisory Board (MDAB) Liaison: Jeremy Tyson
  • Math IT Liaison: Marius Junge
  • Math Library Liaison: Kay Kirkpatrick
  • MATRIX Advisor: Eric Chen
  • Comp Exams:
    • 500: Sankar Dutta (Fall Only), Igor Mineyev, Alexandru Zaharescu
    • 540: Igor Nikolaev (Fall Only), Alexander Tumanov, Vadim Zharnitsky (Spring Only)

Sabbaticals

  • Partha Dey (FA)
  • Kevin Ford (AY)
  • Bill Haboush (SP)
  • Sergei Ivanov (SP)
  • Eugene Lerman (AY)
  • Rui Loja Fernandes (SP)
  • Denka Kutzarova (SP)
  • Renming Song (SP)
  • Alex Tumanov (SP)