Congratulations to Shan Zhao for being named an A&S Leadership Board Faculty Fellow! The College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Faculty Fellowships recognize the College’s most promising or most accomplished teacher/scholars, individuals early in their careers who demonstrate exceptional promise or faculty members who have brought distinction to the College and University throughout their
Keisha Cook Featured in the Clemson News
Meet a scientist: Keisha Cook August 27, 2021 Meet Keisha Cook. She is an assistant professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. Cook earned three degrees from the University of Alabama — bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics, and a doctorate in applied mathematics and computational biology. We caught up with Cook
Sergei Glyezer and Brendan Ames Awarded Joint Physics/Math NSF Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Sergei Gleyzer from Physics and Brendan Ames from Mathematics who have been awarded an NSF grant for a project entitled “Decoding Dark Matter through Gravitational Lensing”. The award is for $365K and will run from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024.
Bulent Tosun Awarded an NSF Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Bulent Tosun who has been awarded an NSF grant from DMS Topology program: “The Topology of Contact Type Hypersurfaces and Related Topics”. The project aims to investigate underlying connections between low dimensional smooth manifolds and certain geometric/analytic structures defined on them. The first long-term research objective of this project is to understand
Shan Zhao Awarded an NSF Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Shan Zhao who has been awarded an NSF grant from DMS Computational Mathematics program: “Collaborative Research: Implicit solvent modeling and fast algorithm development for simulating solutes with atomic polarizable multipoles”. This is a collaborative project with Dr. Weihua Geng at Southern Methodist University, with a total award of $448K. Dr. Zhao is
Martha Makowski is Awarded the 2021 Tensor Women and Mathematics Award
Assistant Professor Martha Makowski and the Department of Mathematics are recipients of a 2021 Tensor Women and Mathematics Award. The funds will be used to organize the Yellowhammer Network for Women in the Mathematical Sciences, which will kick off with a one-day workshop in the Fall. Project Title: Forging the Yellowhammer Network of Women in
UA Freshman Places In Top Percentage Of Prestigious Math Competition
Updated because some of the text disappeared: Please post this on Facebook: University Of Alabama: UA Freshman Places In Top Percentage Of Prestigious Math Competition The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for undergraduate students in the world. … Press Release Desk, News Partner · Posted Tue, May 11,
AWM Welcomes New Officers and Thanks Outgoing Officers
The UA chapter of the AWM is pleased to share that several individuals will be joining the list of AWM-UA officers. We thank our outgoing officers for their contributions, dedication and service to the AWM and we welcome new officers. Farewell to Outgoing Officers Allison Hartman has served as a Treasurer for three years. She has
Professor Emeritus AMJ Davis Passes Away
Anthony Michael John Davis died in San Diego, California, on 25 April 2021. Tony was born in London in December 1939. He received an Open Exhibition in Mathematics and went up to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1956. He received a BA in 1960 and was a Wrangler, with a distinction in Part III
2021 Outstanding Doctoral Candidate Awards
The Department of Mathematics would like to congratulation the 2021 Outstanding Doctoral Candidate award winners. Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Candidate, Toai Luong Toai Luong Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Candidate, Anna Keefe