Rodica Curtu
PhD, University of Pittsburgh 2003
Professor of Mathematics
The University of Iowa
Contact information
225F MacLean Hall
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1419
Phone: (319)-335-0744
Email:
rodica-curtu@uiowa.edu
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Fall 2024
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Room 225F MLH), or by appointment
Teaching
(Undergraduate Courses) MATH:1850:0BBB & MATH:1850:0DDD Calculus I --- MWF 9:30 AM -10:20 AM & 10:30 AM -11:20 AM (110 MLH)
Short-Bio
Positions@UIowa
2020 - Professor, Mathematics
2012-2020 Associate Professor, Mathematics
2007-2012 Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Other Affiliations
2020 - Member, The Iowa Neuroscience Institute
2020 - Faculty, The Interdiciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
2012 - Collaborator, Human Brain Research Lab
2008 - Member, The Delta Center (Development and Learning from Theory to Application)
2008 - Faculty, The Program in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences (AMCS)
Leadership Positions/ Contributions to CLAS & UIowa
2024-2025 Vice President of the Faculty Senate
2024-2025 Member of the Faculty Council
2023-2026 Member of the Faculty Senate
2023-2026 Member of the Undergraduate Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee, CLAS
2023 Appointed Member, Committee for the Review of the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
2021-2023 Appointed Member, Ad-hoc Advising Committee for the Associate Dean for Research, CLAS
2021- Departmental Representative at INMAS (Internship Network in the Mathematical Sciences)
2020-2022 Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Mathematics, CLAS
2020-2022 Departmental Representative for the AAU PhD Education Initiative, The Graduate College
Spring 2020 Appointed Member, Committee for the 5-year Review of the Computer Science Department
Fall 2019 Interim Director of AMCS
2018-2019 Chair, Committee for the 5-year Review of the Mathematics Department
2015-2018 Elected Member, Faculty Assembly, CLAS
Mathematical Biology Group
We have an active group of faculty and students with research interests in Mathematical Biology.
We organize weekly seminars and (sometimes) lunch meetings. If you are a student or a visitor at the University of Iowa interested in the topic, or you would just like to join us, let us know!
Sonia Kovalevsky Day
This is an event organized by the University of Iowa that seeks to engage young women through a variety of hands-on problem solving and learning activities. High school female students, their educators, and parents or guardians are invited to a day-long program featuring workshops, talks, and panels of professionals, and opportunities for social interaction among those who share a passion for math. See the group picture from SKday-2023.
Current and Past Advisees
Postdocs
Xiayi Wang (2015-2017)
Current position: Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions, NJ
Graduate Students
Present
Ying Liu (PhD target date: Spring 2025)
Ian Ramsey (First-Year Graduate Student)
Past
Pake Melland
PhD 2021; NSF-RTG Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX ,
Computational Neuroscience program (2021-2023), see details at Pake's website
Current position: Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Oregon Institute of Technology, OR (2023- )
Quynh-Anh Nguyen
PhD 2019; Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI, IN (Leonid Rubchinsky's lab; 2019-2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, University of Indianapolis, IN (2021- )
Aarati Mahat
PhD 2018; Lecturer, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Superior, WI (2019-2023)
Current position: Lecturer, Mathematics, University of the Pacific, CA (2023- )
Joe Ambrose
PhD 2016 (Co-advisor: John Spencer, Psychology); Works for the Government
Morgan Fonley
PhD 2015; Associate Professor (Tenured), Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Alma College, MI (2015- )
Jeannine Abiva
PhD 2013; Scientist/Applied Mathematician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (2015-2020);
Lead Scientist/Director of Advanced Mathematics and Algorithm Develpment, Booz Allen Hamilton, CA (2020-2022)
Current position: R&D Engineer, Industrial Light and Magic, CA (2022- )
Danilo Diedrichs
PhD 2012; Professor (Tenured), Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Wheaton College, IL (2012- )
Undergraduate Students
Since Jan. 2023
Mostafa Telfah (Ongoing research project)
2012-2013
Guanyu Wang - URA (Outcome 2013: PhD graduate student, Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)
2010-2011
Maxwell Turner - VIGRE URA (Outcome 2011: PhD graduate student, Neuroscience, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA)
2009-2010
Sharniece Holland (Alabama State University) - McNair/SROP URA at UIowa;
Travis DeWitt - VIGRE URA (Outcome 2010: PhD graduate student, Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City)
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