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Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the principles of wisdom in the Rule of St. Benedict.

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Tim Comar, Ph.D.

Professor, Mathematics

BenU faculty since 2001
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1996)

Courses Taught
Math for Elementary Teachers, Calculus with Analytics, Calculus for Life Sciences, Complex Variables, Mathematical Research

Research Area
hyperbolic manifolds, Kleinian groups, topology, and the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics

Current Research Projects

Mathematical Biology: The Dynamics of Gene Regulatory Networks, Epidemiological and Ecological Models Using Impulsive Differential Equations; Low-Dimensional Topology: Knot Theory: (Stick Numbers, Hextile Knot Mosaics), Hyperbolic Manifolds, Kleinian Groups, Complex Dynamics, Spatial Graph Theory; Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education and Course Development

Tim Comar, Ph.D.

Birck 128 | 630-829-6555
tcomar@ben.edu

Yvonne Kumon
Assistant to the Dean
ykumon@ben.edu
(630) 829-6084

Bonnie Beezhold, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
bbeezhold@ben.edu
(630) 829-6528

Cheryl Mascarenhas, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Science & Health
cmascarenhas@ben.edu
(630) 829-6587