Suzanne Boyd
- Associate Dean, Natural Sciences, College of Letters & Science
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Education
- PhD, Mathematics, Cornell University, August 2002
- MS, Mathematics, Cornell University, August 1999
- BS, Applied Mathematics, University of Missouri at Rolla, May 1997
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 381-001 | Honors Seminar: Mathematics through the Ages:Math like an Egyptian | MW 11:30am-12:45pm |
Research Interests
- Dynamical Systems in Several Complex Variables, AMS MSC 37,32;
- Computer-assisted proof techniques and Computability theory, AMS MSC 65 and 03D.
Biographical Sketch
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Indiana Universy, 2003-2006
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, SUNY, Stony Brook, 2002-2003
Administrative Leadership Roles
- Associate Dean for Natural Science, College of Letters and Science (July 2025—Present)
- UWM University Centers Director (August 2024— July 2025)
- Special Assistant to the Provost (June 2022—July 2024)
- Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences (July 2019—June 2022)
- Assistant Chair, Mathematical Sciences (August 2017—June 2019)
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Mathematical Sciences (August 2015—June 2017)
Affiliations
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Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI), Affiliated Faculty (Nov 2019—Present).
University Governance Committees
University-level committees
- Dismissal/Discipline Hearing Committee (Aug 2024—June 2025)
- Academic Policy Committee, chaired 2019-2020 (Aug 2017—Aug 2020; Aug 2024—June 2025).
- Academic Planning and Budget Committee (Aug 2021–May 2023).
- Faculty Senate (Aug 2020—May 2023; Aug 2024—June 2025).
- Faculty Senate Subcommittee on the Evaluation of Administrators (Aug 2020—May 2023).
- Faculty Senate Rules Subcommittee (Aug 2021-May 2022).
- Graduate Faculty Committee (Sept 2021- Aug 2022).
- Graduate Program Review Committee, chaired 2021—2022 (Aug 2020—Aug 2022; Aug 2024—June 2025).
- Undergraduate Program Reviews APCC subcommittee (Aug 2020—May 2022).
- Nominations Committee (Aug 2016—May 2021).
College of Letters and Sciences Committees
- Academic Program and Governance Committee (Fall 2021 – Spring 2023).
- Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee (co-chair final year, Fall 2016—Spring 2019).
Selected Math-related Service Projects
- PI, “Access to Inquiry in Mathematics Undergraduate Program (AIM UP)”, NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program, awarded ($450k/3 years: summers 2026 through 2028).
- Co-Developer, Dynamics Explorer, (detool for short), is a tool designed to let users explore dynamical systems, particularly focused on enabling mathematicians to improve the efficiency and quality of their research in the field of complex dynamics.
Note most, if not all, of my mathematical research publications are available in some form via an arxiv.org search for Suzanne Boyd
For a list of my PhD students, see Suzanne Boyd at the Mathematical Genealogy Project
Selected Publications
Suzanne Boyd, Matthew Hoeppner, Baby Mandelbrot Sets and Spines in Some One-Dimensional Subspaces of the Parameter Space for Generalized McMullen Maps. Qual. Theory Dyn. Syst. 24, 157 (2025).
Suzanne Boyd, Alexander J. Mitchell, The Boundedness Locus and baby Mandelbrot sets for some generalized McMullen maps, International Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos, 33(2023), no 9.
Boyd, Suzanne, Guirao, Juan L., and Hero, Michael. “On diffeomorphisms of compact 2-manifolds with all nonwandering points being periodic” International Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos25.14 (2015).
Boyd, Suzanne H., and Schulz, M. J.“Geometric limits of Mandelbrot and Julia sets under degree growth” International Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos22.12 (2012).
Boyd, Suzanne H., and Henriksen, Christian. “The Medusa algorithm for polynomial matings” Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, AMS16. (2012): 161--183.
Hruska, Suzanne L., and DeMarco, Laura. “Axiom A polynomial skew products of C^2 and their postcritical sets--errata” Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems31.2 (2011): 631--636.
Hruska, Suzanne L., and Roeder, Roland. “Topology of Fatou Compmonents for Endomorphisms of CP^2” Fundamenta Mathematicae210. (2010): 73-98.
DeMarco, L., and Hruska, Suzanne L.“Axiom A polynomial skew products of C^2 and their postcritical sets” Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems28.06 (2008): 1749-1779.
Hruska, Suzanne L.“A numerical method for proving hyperbolicity of complex Henon mappings” Foundations of Computational Mathematics6.4 (2006): 427-455.
Hruska, Suzanne L.“Rigorous numerical studies of the dynamics of polynomial skew products of C^2” Complex Dynamics: Twenty-Five Years After the Appearance of the Mandelbrot Set, American Mathematical Society. Contemporary Math396. (2006).
Hruska, Suzanne L.“Rigorous numerical models for the dynamics of complex Henon mappings on their chain recurrent set” Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems15.2 (2006): 529-558.
Hruska, Suzanne L.“Constructing an expanding metric for dynamical systems in one complex variable” Nonlinearity18.1 (2005): 81-100.
Hruska, Suzanne L., Buzzard, G., and Ilyashenko, Y.. “Kupka-Smale theorem for polynomial automorphisms of C^2 and persistence of heteroclinic intersections” Inventiones Mathematicae161.1 (2005): 45-89.