Mark Herman

Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mathematics

Office	Hylan 1008
Hours	For Advising Only: TBA in fall. For Math Help Only: TBA in fall.
E-mail:	mark dot herman at rochester period edu

Currently Teaching (Fall ‘24):

Employment

2024 - present
Professor of Instruction and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester
2018 - 2024
Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester
2011 - 2018
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester
2009 - 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester
2008 - 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota

Research

I earned a Ph. D. in Mathematics at Virginia Tech in 2008 under George Hagedorn. My areas of research include mathematical physics and functional analysis, combinatorial geometry, graph theory, and operations research.

Teaching

Courses I have taught at Rochester:

MTH 141: Calculus I
MTH 142: Calculus II
MTH 150: Discrete Mathematics
MTH 161: Calculus IA
MTH 162: Calculus IIA
MTH 163: Ordinary Differential Equations I
MTH 164: Multidimensional Calculus
MTH 165: Linear Algebra with Differential Equations
MTH 173: Honors Calculus III (Linear Algebra/Diff Eq)
MTH 174: Honors Calculus IV (Multivariable Calc)
MTH 201: Intro. to Probability
MTH 208: Operations Research I: Linear Programming and Determinstic Models
MTH 209: Operations Research II: Stochastic Models and Queueing
MTH 210: Intro. to Financial Mathematics
MTH 217: Mathematical Modeling in Political Science
MTH 218: Mathematical Models in Life Sciences
MTH 235: Linear Algebra
MTH 248: Graph Theory
MTH 263: Qualitative Theory of ODEs
MTH 265H: Functions of a Real Variable (Honors)
MTH 282: Introduction to Complex Variables
MTH 300W: History of Mathematics