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Contact Information

Office: MH 182L

Email: kkurianski@fullerton.edu

Phone: (657) 278-2728

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

  • Tues 9 AM - 10 AM

  • Thurs 1 PM - 3 PM

Current Course Schedule

MATH 150A

MATH 497