Deborah Brandon

Deborah Brandon is an Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), within the Mellon College of Science. She holds a Ph.D. from CMU and has held postdoctoral positions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on partial differential equations, integrodifferential equations, nonconvex variational problems, and applications in continuum mechanics.

In her academic roles, Brandon supervises teaching assistants (TAs) for the Mathematical Sciences Department, organizing TA training workshops for domestic and international graduate students. She also directs the SUAMI (Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute), an annual outreach program. Her work bridges theoretical mathematics with practical educational initiatives in STEM.

Brandon’s publications span topics in nonlinear dynamics, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, and continuum mechanics. Her research emphasizes rigorous mathematical analysis of physical systems, particularly those involving memory effects and material behavior under external stimuli.