department

october 29, 2024

distinguished professor emerita of mathematics and computer science & engineering, fan chung graham is one of five recipients of the 2024 revelle medal.  created to honor roger revelle and first awarded in 1981, the revelle medal honors a record of accomplishment that advances uc san diego in fulfillment of the campus mission of exceptional teaching, research, service, and is the highest honor given by the chancellor to an emeriti faculty member. 

the inaugural paul erdos chair of combinatorics, professor chung graham is a researcher in combinatorics and graph theory.  she is the author of more than 240 papers, a member of the national academy of sciences and the american academy of arts and sciences, a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science and the american mathematics society among others.  professor chung graham received the euler medal in 2017 and the allendoerfer award in 1990 and is editor-in-chief of the journal of combinatorics.

a video honoring professor chung graham can be found here.