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Axel Brandt, PhD

Assistant Professor - Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science

Math

eMail

abrandt@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-1948

Location

Dolan Center for Science and Technology-E250

Employee Type

Faculty

Personal Websites

Website

Office Hours

Monday

10:30-11:30

Tuesday

8:30-9:30, 11-12, & 1:30-2:30

Wednesday & Friday

1:30-2:30

Math

Biography

After starting undergrad as a mathematics education major, the "maths after calculus" was so fascinating that I switched paths in favor of one leading toward mathematics graduate programs. During my master's I was introduced to the mathematical field of Graph Theory and liked it so much that it became the focus of my doctoral studies. Topics in this area are understandable by students as early as middle school and offer ample opportunities for students to gain experience with mathematical research; let me know if you're interested!

Through teaching responsibilities at Davidson College, Northern Kentucky University, and now John Carroll University, I have taught courses at all levels of the curriculum from general education, through Calculus, and up to advanced topics. Additionally, I have helped facilitate mathematics enrichment activities for K-12 students through a regional math club, mathematics festivals, and visits to K-12 classrooms.

I hold memberships in the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America. At the section level of the MAA, I have served as a newsletter editor and helped organize student activities at section meetings. At the national level, I am a 2017 Project NExT Fellow.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, being out in nature, and have trained up for a few marathons and a half Ironman triathlon.

 

Selected Publications

* indicates co-author was an undergraduate at the time of research

  • "Tic-Tac-Whoa!" in M. Capaldi (Ed.) Teaching Mathematics Through Games. AMS/MAA Press Classroom Resource Materials (2021)
  • "Planar Graphs with Girth 20 are Additively 3-Choosable" with *N. Tenpas and C. Yerger in Discrete Applied Mathematics (2020)
  • "Stability and Turan numbers of a class of hypergraphs via Lagrangians" with D. Irwin and T. Jiang in Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing (2017)
  • "I,F-Partitions of Sparse Graphs" with M. Ferrara, M. Kumbhat, S. Loeb, D. Stolee, and M. Yancee in European Journal of Combinatorics (2016)
  • "Local Gap Colorings from Edge Labelings" with *B. Moran, K. Nepal, F. Pfender, and D. Sigler in Australasian Journal of Combinatorics (2016)

Degrees

- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Denver, 2016

- M.S. in Mathematics, Miami University, 2012

- B.S. in Mathematics, Ohio Northern University, 2010