Sandra Kingan

Education:

Ph.D., Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge - 1994 (Mathematics)

Areas of Expertise:

Sandra Kingan's areas of research are matroid theory, graph theory, and combinatorial algorithms with applications to network science.

Books and Publications

"Connecting Algebra to Real-world Issues." Rethinking Mathematics. Eds. Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson. Rethinking Schools. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "Strong Splitter Theorem." Annals of Combinatorics. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

"Unlabeled Inequivalence in Representable Matroids." Proceedings of the SIAM Meeting on Analytic Algorithmics & Combinatorics, New Orleans, Jan. 6. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "A Decomposition Theorem for Binary Matroids With No Prism Minor." Submitted. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "Matroids With at Least Two Regular Elements." European Journal of Combinatorics 33: 1022-29. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "Two Classification Problems in Matroid Theory." Graph Theory Notes of New York LXIII: 17- 27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

"Restrictions as Stabilizers." Advances in Applied Mathematics 47: 194-97. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011

"Stabilizers for GF(5)-representable Matroids." Australasian Journal of Combinatorics 49: 203-07. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011

"A Computational Approach to Inequivalence in Matroids." Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Congressus Numerantium 198: 63-74. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

Betten, A., R.J. Kingan and S.R. Kingan. "A Note on GF(5)-representable Matroids." Match: Communications in Mathematical and Computer Chemistry 58.2: 511-21. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "On the Circuit-cocircuit Intersection Conjecture." Graphs and Combinatorics 22: 1-10. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Kingan, R.J. and S.R. Kingan. "A Software System for Matroids, Graphs and Discovery." DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science: 287-96. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "An Excluded-minor Problem in Matroids." Annals of Combinatorics 9: 199-204. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

"Matroids From a Graph Theory Perspective." Graph Theory Notes of New York XLV: 21-35. New York Academy of Sciences. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Kingan, R.J., S.R. Kingan and W. Myrvold. "On Matroid Generation." Congressus Numerantium 164: 95-109. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Kingan, S.R. and M. Lemos. "Almost-graphic Matroids." Advances in Applied Mathematics 28: 438-77. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002

"Intersections of Circuits and Cocircuits in Binary Matroids." Discrete Mathematics 195: 157-65. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999

"A Generalization of a Graph Result by D.W. Hall." Discrete Mathematics 173: 129-35. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997

"Binary Matroids Without Prisms, Prism Duals and Cubes." Discrete Mathematics 152: 211-24. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

"On Binary Matroids With a K3,3 - Minor, Matroid Theory." Proceedings of the 1995 AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference. Eds. J. Bonin, J.G. Oxley and B. Servatius. 363-69. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Kingan, S.R. and J.G. Oxley. "On Matroids in Which All Hyperplanes Are Binary." Discrete Mathematics 160: 265-71. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Numerous internal travel awards. (Awards and Honors) 2013

PSC CUNY Research Grant 43. $3,499.64, July 2012 - June 2013. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012

Brooklyn College liaison for NSF-DUE TUES # 1121844, "Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education." PI Esther Wilder; co-PIs Frank Wang and Dean Hurley. October 2011 - October 2014. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011

CUNY "Salute to Scholars" Certificate of Recognition in honor of outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to the creation and transmittal of knowledge, 2011 and 2012. (Awards and Honors) 2011

PSC-CUNY Research Grant 42. $3,499.64, July 2011 - June 2012. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011

NSF-DUE CCLI # 0942670. Sandra Kingan (PI) and Jeff Suzuki (Co-PI). $193,103. July 2010 - June 2013. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

PSC-CUNY Research Grant 41. $1,330. July 2010 - June 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

CUNY Office of Academic Affairs, for "Improving Undergraduate Mathematics Learning." Sandra Kingan (PI), Jun Hu and Anthony Clement (Co-PI). $32,500. January 2010 - June 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

See my homepage for numerous talks:
http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/skingan/talks.html. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

Professional Leadership

Member, College Scholarship Review Committee, 2013 - present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Co-organizer, Special Session on Matroid Theory, American Mathematical Society Eastern Section meeting. George Washington University. Washington, D.C., March 17-18. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2012

Member, Department Seminar and Research Committee, 2012 - present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Co-organizer, New York Combinatorics Seminar, CUNY Graduate Center, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010

Department representative, Faculty Council, 2010-12. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010

Faculty adviser and mentor, Student Math Club, 2010-11 and 2012- present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010

Member, Mathematics Chair Search Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, Mathematics Curriculum Committee, 2010-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, College Core Curriculum Committee, 2009-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Member, Mathematics Gateway Courses Committee, 2009-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Mentor to adjunct faculty, 2009-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009