Faculty Members

The initial TIAMS Faculty Members are researchers already shaping institute workshops, seminars, advisory work, AI activities, and the 2027-2028 quantum program.

Scott Baldridge

Scott Baldridge

Director, TIAMS
Professor of Mathematics

Research: Mathematics and mathematical physics

TIAMS Role(s): Director; Organizer/Co-PI across TIAMS; launch-year workshops

Susan Brenner

Susanne C. Brenner

Boyd Professor of Mathematics / CCT

Research: Numerical analysis; finite element and multigrid methods

TIAMS Role: Advisory Board

Gabriela Gonzalez

Gabriela González

Boyd Professor of Physics

Research: Experimental general relativity; gravitational-wave detection

TIAMS Role: Advisory Board

 

Rui Han

Rui Han

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Research: Harmonic analysis and related areas

TIAMS Role: Co-PI, Harmonic Analysis Workshop

Robert Lipton

Robert P. Lipton

Professor of Mathematics

Research: Applied mathematics; materials; nonlocal models

TIAMS Role(s): PI, Applied Mathematics of Complexity, Nonlocality, and Uncertainty in Extreme Material Response

Marta Missiaggia

Marta Missiaggia

Assistant Professor of Physics 

Research: Radiation physics; microdosimetry; biophysical modeling; AI

TIAMS Role(s): AI Journal Club organizing team; ASPIRE

 

Michela Negro

Michela Negro

Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy

Research: Astrophysics; multimessenger/time-domain methods; machine learning

TIAMS Role(s): AI Journal Club organizing team; ASPIRE

Gestur Olafsson

Gestur Ólafsson

Professor of Mathematics

Research: Abstract harmonic analysis; representation theory; geometry; mathematical physics

TIAMS Role(s): Co-PI, Harmonic Analysis workshop; Mathematical Physics & Representation Theory Seminar

Stephen Shipman

Stephen P. Shipman

Professor of Mathematics

Research: Spectral theory; differential/integral operators; waves; metamaterials

TIAMS Role(s): PI, Mathematical Analysis of Electronic Phenomena in Quantum Materials

 

Parampreet Singh

Parampreet Singh

Professor and Department Chair of Physics

Research: Quantum gravity and cosmology

TIAMS Role(s): Advisory Board; Mathematical Physics community

Shae Vela-Vick

Shea Vela-Vick

Professor and Department Chair of Mathematics

Research: Contact and symplectic geometry; low-dimensional topology; Riemannian geometry

TIAMS Role: Advisory Board

Naga Manasa Vempati

Naga Manasa Vempati

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Research: Harmonic analysis

TIAMS Role(s): Co-PI, Harmonic Analysis workshop

 

Shawn Walker

Shawn Walker

Professor of Mathematics

Research: Finite element methods; liquid crystals; geometric evolution; PDE-constrained optimization

TIAMS Role(s): AI Journal Club organizing team

Xiaoliang Wan

Xiaoliang Wan

Professor of Mathematics / CCT

Research: Computational mathematics; stochastic modeling; numerical PDEs; data assimilation

TIAMS Role(s): AI Journal Club organizing team

Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson

Associate Professor of Physics

Research: Theoretical and computational condensed matter; quantum materials; quantum information

TIAMS Role(s): Advisory Board; Quantum Materials workshop co-PI; Weyl Lectures; 2027-2028 quantum program

 

Fan Yang

Fan Yang

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Research: Mathematical physics; harmonic analysis

TIAMS Role(s): PI, Harmonic Analysis at the Interfaces of Arithmetic, Geometry, and Frames