Mathematics Faculty

Dr. Wassink has been a faculty member at UC since the 2008-2009 academic year. She earned her PhD in mathematics from Binghamton University in 2008 with her thesis titled "Subgroups of Richard Thompson's group F that are isomorphic to F" under the advising of Matthew Brin. Her research interests are in geometric group theory. In her spare time, Dr. Wassink enjoys traveling, wine trailing, playing board games, and reading.

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Math Professor Finds Magic in Squares

Legend has it that magic squares were discovered by the Chinese emperor Yu in 2200 B.C. Today, 4200 years later, UC Mathematics Professor Hossein Behforooz is unlocking the "mystical" properties of these remarkable mathematical tables, still found in nearly every culture in the world, featuring rows, columns, and diagonals that all add up to the same number.

Learn more about Professor Behforooz's research.

"The educational background and professors at UC provided me with a grounding that has been very helpful in the career that is heavily based on math."

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Kathleen Potter

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