Meet the Faculty

Department Chair

• Bradley McCoy, Ph.D.

  Chair and Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6535
  • Email: bmccoy@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 111

Professors

• Mark Arvidson, Ph.D.

  Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6531
  • Email: marvidson@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 104
• Christopher Bassey, Ph.D.

  Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6532
  • Email: cbassey@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 109
• Bryant Mathews, Ph.D.

  Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6536
  • Email: bmathews@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 108

Associate Professors

• Enson Chang, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6538
  • Email: echang@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 116
• Edwin Ding, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6615
  • Email: eding@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 107
• Sharon McCathern, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6617
  • Email: smccathern@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 106
• Theodore Szeto, Ph.D.

  Executive Director, Academic Success Center; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6537
  • Email: tszeto@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Ronald 147C
• Sándor Volkán-Kacsó, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6614
  • Email: skacso@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 112

Assistant Professors

• Soeun Kim, Ph.D.

  Program Director, M.S. in Applied Statistics and Analytics; Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2600
  • Email: soeunkim@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 110
• Millie Yi Mao, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6534
  • Email: ymao@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 114

Lecturer

• Elizabeth Rivas, M.A.

  Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6530
  • Email: erivas@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center, Room 105

Adjunct Professor

• Donald Isaak, Ph.D.

  Executive Director, Office of Research and Grants; Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3796
  • Email: disaak@apu.edu

Professor Emeritus

• Gary Wood, M.S.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000 Ext. 6530
  • Email: gwood@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Segerstrom Science Center