New Faculty and Staff
Andrei Gabrielov was appointed Professor of Mathematics and
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in August. He was educated at
the I.M. Gelfand school of analysis at Moscow State University,
where he received a Ph.D. in 1973. Unable to find an
appropriate academic position in Russia in the 1970's, Gabrielov
accepted a position at the International Institute of Earthquake
Prediction and Mathematical Geophysics in Moscow. This led
to his dual career as mathematician and geophysicist. During
1994-95, he was the primary visiting scientist to the ACSyAM
branch of the Cornell Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI).
Gabrielov is the author of about 60 papers, approximately half in
mathematics and half in geophysics. His presence at Purdue
adds a new and valuable interdisciplinary component to the
Departments of Mathematics and E&AS.
Kenji Matsuki has joined the department this fall as Associate
Professor of Mathematics. Matsuki received B.S. and M.S.
degrees from Tokyo University. After completing his Ph.D. at
Columbia in 1988, he was appointed Assistant Professor at
Brandeis. During Fall 1992, he was a visiting assistant professor at
the University of Utah. Matsuki's research has focused on the
minimal models program, also known as "Mori Theory," for
3-folds and higher-dimensional algebraic varieties. He has been
a Fujukai Foundation Fellow, a Japanese Mathematical
Scientists Graduate Fellow, and was the recipient of an Alfred P.
Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Devilyna Nichols joined the department in August as
Coordinator of Elementary Service Courses. Nichols received
B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue and is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Kappa Delta Pi. She has taught
mathematics at both the high school and college levels, and for
the past three years has been employed as an academic advisor
for mathematics, statistics, and biology undergraduates at
Purdue. Nichols has worked extensively with the Calculus,
Concepts, Computers, and Cooperative Learning project since its
inception at Purdue, with all research directed in the area of
mathematics education at the undergraduate level.
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