Baylor Mathematics Faculty Named to Editorial Leadership Positions for International Journals

Three Baylor University Department of Mathematics faculty members, Dr. Brian Simanek, Dr. Qin (Tim) Sheng, and Dr. Son Tu have recently been appointed to editorial leadership positions in international mathematics journals.

Dr. Brian Simanek was recently named co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Approximation Theory (JAT), a longstanding international journal covering research in pure and applied approximation theory published by Elsevier. In this role, Dr. Simanek will help oversee the journal's editorial process and guide its scholarly direction.

Dr. Qin (Tim) Sheng was recently appointed Associate Editor of Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, an international journal published by Wiley. Dr. Sheng also serves as co-editor of a special issue associated with the 2026 International Conference on Modern Mathematical Methods and High-Performance Computing in Science and Technology (M3HPCST-2026), published by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Springer Nature.

Dr. Son Tu is serving as Guest Editor for the special collection "Optimal Control, Mean-Field Games, and PDEs in Decision Models" in the journal Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models. The collection brings together research on mean-field games, Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equations, optimal and stochastic control, mathematical biology, and decision-making under uncertainty.

These appointments recognize the scholarly expertise and contributions of these faculty members and reflect the department's ongoing engagement with the international mathematical research community.

Please join us in congratulating Drs. Simanek, Sheng, and Tu on these appointments!