Lia Leon Margolin
Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Associate Professor
Dr. Lia Margolin received her Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from Tbilisi State University, Georgia. She was a Senior Research Scientist in the Nuclear Physics Department of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. Dr. Margolin was awarded a J. Soros International Science Foundation grant for her original research in physics of light hypernuclei and a Diplomate in Mathematical Physics for her original work as a research fellow at the Institute of Cybernetics of Georgian Technical University. She is also a recipient of the Career Education Corporation’s Educator of the Year Award and two University of Phoenix distinguished teaching awards. Dr.Margolin joined Marymount Manhattan in 2006. She developed two (blended and online) Natural Science courses for the Advanced Interdisciplinary Perspectives (AIP) requirement of the general education curriculum. She was awarded MMC Online and Blended Course Development Grants and two Mellon Foundation grants to enhance her Advanced Interdisciplinary courses and support her research in Mathematics pedagogy. She was selected by STEM Talent Expansion Program Center as an external expert to review the Modeling Earth Systems curricula materials developed for the InTeGrate Project funded by NSF. In 2019 Dr.Margolin was invited by the International Research Conference Scientific and Technical Committee to serve on Editorial Review Board on Nuclear and Quantum Engineering. Dr.Margolin also serves as an University Research Methodologist at the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies. She conducts dissertation quality reviews, mentors doctoral students, and facilitates online doctoral dissertation seminars. Dr.Margolin has ongoing research collaborations with the Institute of Cybernetics and Institute of Physics in Tbilisi, Georgia. She invites undergraduate students to participate in her research.
Title/Position
Department
Phone
Degree(s)
M.S.& B.S. in Physics. Diploma with Honors. Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Recent Work
Publications
Margolin L.L. (2020) Journal of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering (in press)
Margolin L.L. (2020). AIP Conference Proceedings 2249, 030017
Margolin L.L. (2017) Proc. of AMS Spring 2017 Conf. New York NY
Margolin L.L. (2014) Proc. of Hawaii Univ. Int.Conf. on Education &STEM
Margolin L. (2014) European Physics Journal 66 doi:10.1051/epjconf/20146609013
Tsiklauri Sh., Margolin L. (2014). EPJ Web of Conferences Vol.66, 09021
Margolin, L (2012) Journal of Physics 343, 01207 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/343/1/012071.
Margolin, L., Sampoli B,, Tarasenko A. (2012) Proc.of Hawaii Int.Conf. .Honolulu, HI.
Kezerashvili R., Margolin L.,Tsiklauri Sh. Few-Body Physics. 44 (2008)
B. Kilosanidze. G.Kakauridze, L.Margolin. I.Kobulashvili. Applied Optics. 46 (2007)
Margolin L. Tsiklauri Sh.arXiv:0710.3143 [math-ph]. (2007)
Margolin L.Tsiklauri Sh. arXiv:nucl-th/0608001 (2006)
Presentations & Invited Talks
“Constructing Fully Anti-Symmetric Four-Body Wave Functions Including Spin, Isospin, and Hyperspherical Parts.”Sixth International Conference in Physics (Europhysics 2020), Barcelona, Spain, June 15-16, 2020 (Webinar)
“Constructing Wave Functions for Few-Body Systems in a Hyperspherical Basis Using Parentage Scheme of Symmetrization,” The 15th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2019), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. June 2-7, 2019
“Developing, Implementing, and Assessing Methods for Engaging Students in Online and Blended Undergraduate Mathematics Classes” SENCER 2019 Mid Atlantic Conference on STEM, Humanities and Social Justice, April 5. 2019 New York NY
“Model Independent Approaches for the Description of Quantum Systems.” AMS 2017 Spring Conference in Hunter College, New York, NY May 6-7, 2017
“Remote Sensing.” MMC Faculty Research Presentations, December 9, 2015
“Quantum Entanglement.” Mathematics Speaker Series at MMC. November 4, 2015
“Increasing Student Motivation and Performance through Inquiry Based Learning with STELLA Systems Thinking and Simulation Software.” Hawaii University International Conference on Education &STEM. June 16-18. 2014. Honolulu, HI
“Thinking about Numbers”. MMC C-TIE Pedagogy Luncheon, May 14, 2014
Grants & Awards
2017 Online and Blended Course development Grant, MMC
2015 Senior Faculty Fellowship Leave, MMC
2015 Online and Blended Course Development Grant, MMC
2014: Mellon Foundation Grant to enhance AIP pedagogy, MMC
2013: Mellon Foundation Grant to enhance AIP pedagogy, MMC
2011: Ferraro Grant for the AIP course Development, MMC
2011 SENCER grant for the course development
2010: Badgeley Award for Student-Faculty Collaborative Research, MMC
2010: Tenure & Promotion Award, MMC
2009: Junior Faculty Fellowship Leave, MMC
2008: Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Phoenix.
2007: Faculty Service Learning Fellowship, MMC
2007: Diplomate in Mathematical Physics for original research
Institute of Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of Georgia
2006: Research Fellowship, Institute of Cybernetics, Georgia
2005: Educator of the Year $5000 cash award,
Career Education Corporation, Chicago, IL
2004: Educator of the Year, Katharine Gibbs College, New York, NY
2000: Georgia-USA Bilateral Research Grant, GRDF
1999: Teaching Excellence Award, International Association
of Georgian Teachers/Professors “UNESCO”
1997: J. Soros International Science Foundation (ISF) Grant for original research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Research
Dr. Margolin’s current research interests are in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Theoretical Nuclear Physics, and Quantum Nanophysics. She has ongoing collaboration as a Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Holographic Recording and Processing of Information of The Institute of Cybernetics in Georgia. She presented her current research at the at the 6-th International Conference in Physics (EuroPhysics2020) and International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2019) held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA in June, 2019. She is also invited to present at ICNP2020 International Conference in Nuclear Physics that will be held in December, 2020 in New York, NY. She presented her recent at the AMS Spring 2017 Conference in New York, the International Nuclear Physics Conference in Florence, Italy in June, 2013 and at Hawaii University International Conference on Education &STEM in June, 2014. Dr. Margolin led student-faculty collaborative research project in mathematics education and presented at Hawaii University International Conference in Mathematics and Engineering Technologies several times. She continuous her research in mathematics education and investigates strategies for increasing student motivation and success in mathematics.
Teaching
Quantitative Reasoning
Mathematics of the Physical World
College Algebra
Intermediate Algebra (online)
Precalculus
Calculus I
Calculus II
Modeling Dynamics of Life (blended)
Mathematics Without Boundaries (online)
Professional Experience
College Service
Chair, Department of Mathematics
Member, General Education Committee
Member, Learning Assessment Committee
Coordinator, Quantitative Reasoning Program Assessment
Other Professional Activities
Editorial Review Board Member, International Research Conference Scientific and Technical Committee on Nuclear and Quantum Engineering.
Judge, Mathematics and Science Projects, Intel International & NYAS Science & Engineering Fair
Proposal reviewer, STEM Talent Expansion Program Center InTeGrate project on Modeling Earth Systems
University Research Methodologist & Dissertation Committee Chair, College of Doctoral Studies, University of Phoenix
Member, Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research at School of Advanced Studies