Education

 Ph.D. Howard University, 2013

M.S. Howard University, 2009

B.S. Morgan State University, 2006

Research Interests

 Number theory, particularly in character theory and elliptic curves. The main interest is to study properties of hyperelliptic curves using character sums.

Selected Publications 

• McCalla, A. Nkwanta, Catalan and Motzkin Integral Representations, Contemp. Math. 759, 125-134, 2020
• McCalla, F. Ramaroson, On the maximality of certain hyperelliptic curves with an application to character sums, Comm. In Math. Anal. 18(2), 1938-9787, 2015.
• Ristenpart, P. McCalla, R. Roy, H. Stone, Coalescence of spreading droplets on a wettable substrate, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 064501, 2006.