Paul A. Loomis

Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg, PA 17815	Phone: Work (570) 389-4621 Home (570) 380-4452 Fax: (570) 389-3599 email: ploomis@bloomu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 1999.
M.S. in Mathematics, Purdue University, August 1998.
A.B., summa cum laude, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, May 1992.

THESIS

Galois Theory of Deformations of Polynomials - Advisor: Shreeram S. Abhyankar

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Bloomsburg University, 2004-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Bloomsburg University, 1999-2004
Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, 1998-1999.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, 1992-1998.
Instructor, Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue University, Summer 1996.

GRANTS AND HONORS

Bloomsburg FPD Reassigned Time Grant, Spring 2006.
Distinguished Faculty Award, College of Science and Technology, Spring 2005
Bloomsburg FPD Reassigned Time Grant, Spring 2002.
Project NExT Fellowship, 2000-2001.
Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1998-1999.
Purdue Research Foundation Grant, 1996-1998.
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, 1996.
MacLane Award for Excellence in Mathematical Scholarship and/or Teaching, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, 1995.
George E. Carscallen Prize in Mathematics, Wabash College, 1992.
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Summer 1991.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

at Bloomsburg
- Math 101: Mathematical Thinking, Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2003
- Math 109: College Algebra, Spring 2002
- Math 111: Finite Mathematics, Spring 2004
- Math 113: Pre-Calculus, Fall 2001
- Math 114: College Algebra, Fall 1999, Spring 2001
- Math 123: Essentials of Calculus, Fall 1999, Fall 2000
- Math 125: Calculus 1, Spring 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Fall 2006
- Math 126: Calculus 2, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
- Math 185: Discrete Mathematics, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006
- Math 225: Calculus 3, Fall 2001, Spring 2004, Spring 2006
- Math 226: Calculus 4, Fall 2004, Fall 2006
- Math 310: Abstract Algebra, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2003, Fall 2006
- Math 314: Linear Algebra, Fall 2001
- Math 322: Differential Equations, Fall 2000
- Math 360: Number Theory, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005
- Math 492: Independent Study in Number Theory, Spring 2003
at Purdue
- Math 151: Algebra and Trigonometry, Fall 1993.
- Math 153: Algebra and Trigonometry I, Summer 1994.
- Math 153: Algebra and Trigonometry I (Course Coordinator), Spring 1996, Fall 1995.
- Math 161: Plane Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (Recitation), Spring 1993.
- Math 162: Plane Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (Recitation), Summer 1993.
- Math 220: Introduction to Calculus, Spring 1994.
- Math 221: Calculus for Technology I, Fall 1997.
- Math 223: Introductory Analysis I, Fall 1994.
- Math 261: Multivariate Calculus (Recitation), Fall 1992.
- Math 262: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations: Spring 1997, Summer 1995, Spring 1995.
- Math 557: Abstract Algebra I (Assistant), Fall 1996.
- Gifted Education Resource Institute: Discovering Calculus, Summer 1996.

TALKS GIVEN AND MEETINGS ATTENDED

An Abundant Number-Crunching Problem
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, April 2006.
Unpredictable Sequences in Number Theory
Fall Mathematics Colloquium Series, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, December 2003.
A Surprise from Number Theory (with John Polhill and Michael Plytage)
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, October 2003.
The Density of Abundant Numbers (with Matt Severcool)
SSHE Mathematics Association Annual Conference, Indiana, PA, March 2003
Deficiency, Abundance, and Perfection
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science,and Statistics Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, February 2003.
Perfect Numbers, Unpredictable Sequences, and other Number Theoretic Nuggets
Mathematics Department Seminar, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, February 2003.
AMS/MAA Joint Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 2003.
Tales of Recreational Mathematics
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Series, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, October 2002.
A Primer on Digit-Product Sequences
SSHE Mathematics Association Annual Conference, Kutztown, PA, April 2002.
MAA Sectional Meeting, Bethlehem, PA, October 2001.
MAA Mathfest, Madison, WI, August 2001.
MAA Sectional Meeting, Bloomsburg, PA, April 2001.
Sequences That Do Interesting Things
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, February 2001.
A Digit-Product Function with Interesting Properties
AMS/MAA Joint Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 2001.
MAA Sectional Meeting, Abington, PA, November 2000.
MAA Mathfest, Los Angeles, CA, August 2000.
Generalized Iteration of q-Additive Polynomials
Conference on Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, West Lafayette, IN, July 2000.
The Other End of the Tunnel
Recruitment Weekend, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, March 2000.
MAA Sectional Meeting, Elizabethtown, PA, November 1999.
Additive Polynomials, Matrices, and Galois Theory,
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, November 1999.
Inverse Galois Theory and Other Big Decisions,
Recruitment Weekend, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, March 1999.
The Galois Group of a Degree-16 Iterated Polynomial,
AMS Sectional Meeting, Gainesville, FL, March 1999.
Galois Extensions via Polynomial Iteration in Characteristic p,
AMS/MAA Joint Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January 1999.
A Home-Grown Sequence and a Famous Problem,
Mathematics Colloquium, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, March 1998.
AMS/MAA Joint Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 1998.
AMS Summer Research Conference on Applications of Curves over Finite Fields, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 1997.
Some Galois Theory in Characteristic p,
Pure Postgraduate Seminar, University of Glasgow, Scotland, May 1997.
Similitude Polynomials,
University of Florida Galois Theory Week, Gainesville, FL, October 1996.
More Classical Groups as Galois Groups,
AMS Sectional Meeting, Chattanooga, TN, October 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

An Introduction to Digit Product Sequences,
Journal of Recreational Mathematics 32 (2003-2004), 147-151.
Degree Two Generalized Iteration of q-Additive Polynomials,
in Algebra, Arithmetic and Geometry with Applications (2004), 601-608.
(with M. Severcool) The Density of Abundant Numbers,
to appear in Proceedings of SSHEMA, 2003.
(with M. Razzaghi) The Concept of Hormesis in Developmental Toxicology,
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 7 (2001), 933-942.
(with S.S. Abhyankar) Equations of Similitude,
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 109 (1999), 1-9.
(with S.S. Abhyankar) Twice More Nice Equations for Nice Groups,
Contemporary Mathematics 245 (1999), 63-76.
(with S.S. Abhyankar) Once More Nice Equations for Nice Groups,
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 126 (1998), 1885-1896.

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