Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics

EDUCATION

• PhD University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski," Bulgaria
• MS University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski," Bulgaria

ABOUT

• Valentine has won a number of awards including:

  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Activities

  • The President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State College

• Valentin's research interests include discrete and computational mathematics (graph theory, combinatorial optimization, polyhedral combinatorics, combinatorics on words), theoretical computer science (theory of algorithms and problem complexity), mathematical foundations of image analysis (digital geometry and topology), applications of mathematics (mathematical biology, organic chemistry, medical imaging).
• Valentin has been the PI on a number of grants including funding from NSF.
• He has been teaching for over 20 years and has been a faculty member at Buffalo State since 2005.