Through her work with the NSF, Mihaela Ifrim has been awarded a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional …
Awards
Botong Wang awarded fellowship to IAS for 2024-2025 academic year
Associate Professor Botong Wang was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas …
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences, taking over for Jin-Yi Cai.
Benedek Valko named Vilas Associate
Benedek Valko has been named a Vilas Associate. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional Research Committees on the basis …
Sébastien Roch wins Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Award
Sébastien has won a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, awarded by the Provost’s office. Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships (VDAP) recognize UW–Madison faculty members whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence also …
Parvarthi Kooloth awarded AWM dissertation prize
Our recently-graduated PhD student Parvathi Kooloth has won one of the two AWM Dissertation Prizes, which will be presented at the JMM. Parvathi did her PhD under Leslie Smith’s supervision. Congratulations, Parvathi! *** The Association …
Yue Sun wins top prize in Gallery of Fluid Motion in APS Fluids meeting
Yue Sun, a student of Chris Rycroft, won the top prize in the “Gallery of Fluid Motion” competition at this year’s annual Americal Physical Society Fluids Meeting! She did her beautiful experiments in Saverio Spagnolie’s AMEP …
Autumn Kent named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Autumn Kent has been named a 2024 fellow of the American Mathematical Society. The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and …
Nan Chen awarded Office of Naval Research Young Investigators Award
Nan has just received Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research — congratulations, Nan! Link: https://www.nre.navy.mil/2024-young-investigators
New AMS Award in Mathematical Writing Named for Martin Isaacs
A new AMS Prize for Excellence in Mathematical Writing is named after our esteemed Emeritus colleague Martin Isaacs. The prize is for a paper published in a primary AMS journal in the previous two years. …