William Ma, professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has published a research paper titled “A metric that better approximates the hyperbolic metric” in a recent volume of Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, a journal of the American Mathematical Society.

Ma has published over 50 research papers and given more than 20 invited presentations at international and national conferences. According to Google Scholar, his research papers have been cited more than 2,000 times.

Ma holds a doctorate and master’s of science in mathematical sciences from the University of Cincinnati. He earned a master’s of science and bachelor’s of science in mathematics from Northwest University, China. He joined the Penn College faculty in 1993.

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