Prof. Eric Andriantiana, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure, Best Researcher Award Posted on 08/07/2024 by sciencefatherLeave a Comment on Prof. Eric Andriantiana, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure, Best Researcher Award Prof. Eric Andriantiana, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure, Best Researcher Award Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa Professional Profile Scopus Orcid Google Scholar 📘 Summary Dr. Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana, a distinguished mathematician from Madagascar, serves as the Head of the Department of Mathematics (Pure & Applied) and an Associate Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa. His research primarily focuses on graph theory, particularly energy and related graph invariants. Dr. Andriantiana’s work has earned him significant recognition, including a C2 rating from the South African National Research Foundation. 🎓 Education PhD in Mathematics (2013) 🧠 Stellenbosch University Thesis: “Energy and related graph invariants” Supported by DAAD and Stellenbosch University bursaries. MSc in Mathematics (2010) 🧩 Stellenbosch University (Pass with Distinction) Thesis: “The number of Independent Subsets and the Energy of Trees” Supported by African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Stellenbosch University bursaries. Postgraduate Diploma in Science (2009) 📊 African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Pass with Distinction) Dissertation: “Characterisation and Colouring of Planar Graphs” Supported by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and the Stephen Hawking Scholarship. 💼 Professional Experience Head of Department of Mathematics (Pure & Applied), Rhodes University (July 2021 – Present) Associate Professor, Rhodes University (January 2023 – Present) Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University (January 2017 – December 2022) Lecturer, Rhodes University (January 2014 – December 2016) Teaching Assistant, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (July 2013 – December 2013) Part-time Lecturer, Stellenbosch University (February 2013 – June 2013) 🔬 Research Interests Algebraic Graph Theory Basic graph theory, adjacency matrices, Laplacian matrices, characteristic polynomials, and spectrum. Discrete Mathematics Permutations, combinations, generating functions, recursions, inclusion-exclusion, graph theory. Energy of Graphs Studying the energy and related invariants of graphs, particularly trees and unicyclic graphs. Publication Top Noted📝 Article: “Trees with minimum number of infima closed sets” Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Wagner, S. Journal: Discrete Mathematics Volume: 345 Issue: 5 Pages: 112793 Year: 2022 Article: “Nordhaus-Gaddum inequalities for the number of connected induced subgraphs in graphs” Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Dossou-Olory, A.A.V. Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae Volume: 45 Issue: 8 Pages: 1191–1213 Year: 2022 Article: “Extremal trees with fixed degree sequence” Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Misanantenaina, V.R.; Wagner, S. Journal: Electronic Journal of Combinatorics Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Pages: 1–34, P1.1 Year: 2021 Article: “The average size of independent sets of graphs” Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Razanajatovo Misanantenaina, V.; Wagner, S. Journal: European Journal of Mathematics Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Pages: 561–576 Year: 2020 Article: “The Average Size of Matchings in Graphs” Authors: Andriantiana, E.O.D.; Razanajatovo Misanantenaina, V.; Wagner, S. Journal: Graphs and Combinatorics Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Pages: 539–560 Year: 2020