About CNS-ASU

Marilyn Carlson
Co-PI, Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Professor of Mathematics

Marilyn Carlson completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Kansas in 1995. She came to ASU that same year and served as Director of the First Year Mathematics Department. Dr. Carlson conducts research investigating what is involved in knowing and learning undergraduate mathematics. She is currently investigating how students acquire an understanding of the function concept, and its implications for undergraduate curriculum design. In addition, she is conducting research investigating the development of students’ mathematical thinking and problem solving abilities, and is initiating investigations into how students acquire theorem proving abilities.

Email: marilyn.carlson@asu.edu