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Mathematics

Om Agrawal

Professor
Chair of Mathematics
212.353.4311 | om.agrawal@cooper.edu

Jose Diaz-Alban

Adjunct Professor
jose.diaz-alban@cooper.edu

Bora Ferlengez

Adjunct Professor
bora.ferlengez@cooper.edu

Ruslan Flek

Adjunct Professor
ruslan.flek@cooper.edu

Amakoe Gbedemah

Adjunct Professor
amakoe.gbedemah@cooper.edu

Michael Kumaresan

Adjunct Professor
michael.kumaresan@cooper.edu

Stanislav Mintchev

Associate Professor of Mathematics
212.353.4319 | stanislav.mintchev@cooper.edu

Abigail Raz

Assistant Professor, Mathematics
abigail.raz@cooper.edu

Mili Shah

Associate Professor of Mathematics
212.353.4306 | mili.shah@cooper.edu

Robert W. Smyth

Professor of Mathematics
212.353.4395 | robert.smyth@cooper.edu

Leonid Vulakh

Professor of Mathematics (retired)
212.353.4313 | leonid.vulakh@cooper.edu

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