St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NYC

Department Chairman Fotios Paliogiannis, Professor B.Sc., University of Patras Ph.D., City University of New York

Professor Paliogiannis received his Ph.D. in Mathemaics from the City University of New York in 1991. He was a Fellow of the Graduate School of the City University and he taught mathematics for several years at Hunter College. In 1999 he joined the faculty of the mathematics department of St Francis college. Professor Paliogiannis is the chair and the mathematics advisor of the Department. His field of specialization is Functional Analysis and Operator Theory. His articles have appeared in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (2003), the Journal Recherce di Matematica (2002) and the Michigan Mathematical Journal (1999). Dr. Paliogiannis is a member of the American Mathematica Society, the Mathematical Association of America and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Paliogiannis recently released his latest publication, Functions of Several Real Variables (World Scientific 2011) which was co-authored with Professor Martin Moskowitz of the City University of New York.   Read a review of Functions

 

BS, St. Francis College
MS, Adelphi University

 

Brother Gary's interest and expertise lie in both mathematics and the art of studying the subject. He has taught for almost forty years, with experience on all levels of mathematics . Brother Gary introducing advanced courses in many high schools, gaining a reputation as an expert in methods of study. He has also edited teaching manuals on study methods with an emphasis on the college bound and has traveled throughout the United States instructing teachers in study skills.

Erez Shochat, Associate Professor

BS, St. Francis College
M. Phil., CUNY Graduate Center
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center

 

Professor Shochat's scholarly work focuses on Mathematical Logic, in particular Model Theory. He just completed his Ph.D. dissertation on "Automorphisms of Short Recursively Saturated Models of Arithmetic" at CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Shochat joined the Mathematics Department in September 2002 and before that was a Mathematics Instructor at Medgar Evers College for four years. Professor Shochat is a graduate of St. Francis College, Class of 1997, and former co-captain of the College's soccer team. He is also a member of the Duns Scotus Honor Society.
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