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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
Website: https://pipelinedatascience.org/

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
Website: https://sites.google.com/fullerton.edu/csufmeta/

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