Department of Mathematics

Preparing future math teachers to teach data science

Future math teachers may be the key to bringing data science into high‑school classrooms, and curriculum designed by mathematics researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa is helping pre-service teachers build their data‑science skills by tapping into the math they already know.

June 4, 2026

For autonomous robots, not all rules are equal

Autonomous robots can follow rules — but what happens when the rules conflict? LAS researchers have developed a new “rulebooks” framework that helps robots make safer, more transparent judgment calls when perfection isn’t possible.

April 30, 2026

New study guides model-building for gene regulatory networks

With help from undergraduate researchers, a new study by Claus Kadelka, mathematics, provides guidance for building accurate mathematical models for gene regulatory networks.

January 23, 2024

Combining math and entomology to manage soybean aphid outbreaks

Iowa State researchers received a USDA grant to develop mathematical models to simulate soybean aphid population dynamics over a growing season.

October 19, 2023

Pelin Guven Geredeli earns grants from National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation

Pelin Guven Geredeli, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, has earned two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as a grant from the Simons Foundation. The first $200,000 NSF award will fund her research project, “Control Theory, Qualitative Analysis and Approximation of Coupled Structure-Flow Interaction Systems.”…

September 26, 2022

Weber appointed new leader of mathematics department

Data scientist looks forward to enhanced student experiences, supporting success of faculty, staff and students.

July 21, 2022

Graduate programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report

Statistics program secures top-10 rank and several LAS programs improve from previous ranking.

March 30, 2022

Jennifer Newman honored for outstanding research in discrete mathematics applied to image processing, computer security and steganography

Scott Hanna Faculty Fellowship in Mathematics will support Newman’s research through 2024.

February 1, 2022