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Dr. Thevasha Sathiyakumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Coppin State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Clarkson University in 2024 and her M.S. in Mathematics from Clarkson University in 2020. Prior to her current position, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Clarkson University in both the Department of Mathematics and the M.S. in Applied Data Science program.
Dr. Sathiyakumar has taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, mathematics, and data science, including Probability and Statistics, Bayesian Data Analysis, Calculus, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, and Introduction to Data Science.
Her research interests include topological data analysis, functional data analysis, and statistical modeling of complex biological data. Her doctoral work developed a functional hypothesis testing framework using time varying persistence homology to study coherence in cancer cell migration under varying environmental conditions. She also collaborates on interdisciplinary projects involving epidemiology, public health, and microbiome analytics. Her work has resulted in several peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. Her ongoing work focuses on developing modern statistical methods to analyze complex biological and health data.
Dodamgodage, S., Sathiyakumar, T., Fuller, D. T., Sur, S., Mondal, S., & Pal, N. (2025). Maximum likelihood estimation for the Dirichlet distribution. Communications in Statistics ‑ Theory and Methods, 1–14
Sathiyakumar, T. (2024) Modern methods for statistical modeling and inference with applications to biomedical data, Clarkson University; 2024.
Vasireddy D, Sathiyakumar T, Mondal S, et al. (July 28, 2023) Factors Affecting Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Trends in the United States of America. Cureus 15(7): e42617. doi:10.7759/cureus.42617
Chaipitakporn C, Athavale P, Kumar V, Sathiyakumar T, Budišić M, Sur S and Mondal S (2022) COVID‑19 in the U.S. during pre‑vaccination period: Shifting impact of sociodemographic factors and air pollution. Front. Epidemiol. 2:927189. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2022.927189
Sathiyakumar T, Vasireddy D, Mondal S (2021) Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Dental Caries in Children and Availing Fluoride Treatment: A Study Based on National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) Data 2016‑2019. Cureus 13(9): e18395. doi:10.7759/cureus.18395
Vasireddy D, Sathiyakumar T, Mondal S, et al. (2021) Socioeconomic Factors Associated With the Risk and Prevalence of Dental Caries and Dental Treatment Trends in Children: A Cross‑Sectional Analysis of National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) Data, 2016‑2019. Cureus 13(11): e19184. doi:10.7759/cureus.19184
Ali Boolani, Chelsea Yager, Matthew Lee Smith, Sumona Mondal, Thevasha Sathiyakumar, Dinushani Senarathna, Seema Teymouri, Christina Vogel Rosbrook, Julieth Alvarez, Phylicia Taladay, Rebecca Martin, (2019) 43 State Mental Energy Influences Posture During Vision‑Occluded States, Age and Ageing, Volume 48, Issue Supplement_4, Pages iv9–iv12, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.43
G. H. J. Lanel, H. K. Pallage, J. K. Ratnayake, S. Thevasha and B. A. K. Welihinda, A survey on Hamiltonicity in Cayley graphs and digraphs on different groups, Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications, Vol. 11, No. 05, 1930002 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793830919300029
PhD, Mathematics, Clarkson University, 2024
MS, Mathematics, Clarkson University, 2020
BS, Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2016
Topological Data Analysis, Functional Data Analysis, Bio statistics, Data Mining and Statistical Learning
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