Kristin Kurianski
Assistant Professor
Degrees
PhD, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Applied Mathematics, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Research Areas
Mathematical modeling; Dynamical systems; Mathematical epidemiology; Wave-type phenomena
Grants & Special Projects
Engaging Graduate Students in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (EG-RSCA) Program
Quantifying tumor resilience to drug treatment using a flow-kick model
Spring - Summer 2025
$11,820
PI/Faculty Mentor: Kristin Kurianski, Graduate Student Researcher: Sasha Tafolla.
California Education Learning Lab: Building Critical Mass for Data Science
Programs for Institutional Pathway Engagement -- acceLerating INfrastructure and Education
7/1/2023 - 6/30/2027
$1,275,000
Co-PIs: Jessica Jaynes, Sam Behseta, Armando Martinez-Cruz, Kristin Kurianski, Anand Panangadan, Babak Shahbaba, Mary Legner, Marc Sanchez, Veronica Holbrook
National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
Transforming Undergraduate Mathematics Education through Faculty Development in Active Learning and Equity-minded Instruction
Proposal # 2142122
2/1/2022 - 1/31/2025
$297,118
Co-PIs: Alison Marzocchi, Roberto Soto, Kristin Kurianski, and Amelia Stone-Johnstone
Summer Undergraduate Research Academy (SUReA) at CSUF
Investigating Chaos in Infectious Disease Dynamics with Changeable Attitudes toward Vaccination
6/9/2024 - 8/9/2024
$5,100
PI/Faculty Mentor: Kristin Kurianski
Undergraduate Researcher: Avery Brinkley
AIM/ICERM Research for Undergraduate Faculty Continuation Activities
Incorporating changeable attitudes toward vaccination into compartment models for
infectious diseases
8/5/2024 - 8/9/2024
Travel and lodging support
Co-PIs: Daniel Cicala, Yi Jiang, Kristin Kurianski, Glenn Ledder, and Jane Lee
American Mathematical Society Mathematics Research Communities (AMS MRC)
Collaboration Grant
Disease Spread and Opinion Dynamics
7/13/2024 - 7/16/2024
$5,600 for travel and lodging support
Co-PIs: Lihong Zhao, Kristin Kurianski, Anna Nelson, Lora Bailey, Casey Johnson, Weiqi Chu, and Pushpi Paranamana
CSUF Junior/Senior Intramural Grant
Fixed and flexible ideologies in a differential
equation model for infectious disease with mass vaccination
3 WTU Release Time Spring 2025
PI: Kristin Kurianski
Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service
Leveraging a National Mathematical
Society to Mentor Students through Networking and Professional Development
3 WTU Release Time for Spring 2025
PI: Kristin Kurianski
AIM/ICERM Research for Undergraduate Faculty Continuation Activities
Flexible
Vaccine Ideology for Infectious Disease Models
8/7/2023 - 8/11/2023
Travel and lodging support
Co-PIs: Daniel Cicala, Yi Jiang, Kristin Kurianski, Glenn Ledder, Jane Lee, and Yanping Ma
Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service
Mentoring Students through
Engagement with a Professional Mathematical Society
3 WTU Release Time for Fall 2023
PI: Kristin Kurianski
2021-22 Grant for Faculty Support on Scholarly or Creative Productivity.
Lattice structures and stability in pilot-wave dynamics
6/1/2022 - 8/16/2022
$5,000
PI: Kristin Kurianski.
Summer 2021 Grant for Faculty Support on Scholarly or Creative Productivity.
Numerical simulations of bouncing droplet lattices
6/1/2021 - 8/16/2021
$5,000
PI: Kristin Kurianski.
Summer Undergraduate Research Academy (SUReA) at CSUF
Exploring Classical
Guitar Playing Techniques through Signal Processing
6/7/2021 - 8/6/2021
$4,500
PI/Faculty Mentor: Kristin Kurianski
Undergraduate Researcher: Victor Sanchez.
Awards and fellowships
- 2024-2026 MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship
- 2024 CSUF Faculty Development Center Faculty Recognition for Scholarly and Creative Activities
- 2022 CSUF Faculty Development Center Faculty Recognition for Teaching
- 2022 CSUF Faculty Development Center VOICE Award in Content Engagement
- 2021 CSUF Faculty Development Center VOICE Award in Student Engagement
- 2020 Mathematical Association of America Project NExT Fellowship
- 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Women of Excellence Award
- 2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dean of Science Fellowship
Office Hours
Spring 2024 Office Hours
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Tues 9 AM - 10 AM
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Thurs 1 PM - 3 PM
Current Course Schedule
MATH 150A
MATH 497