congratulations to incoming faculty member federico pasqualotto on receiving the stefan bergman fellowship from the american mathematical society (ams). federico's research interests center on the partial differential equations of mathematical physics that arise in several physical theories: fluid mechanics, nonlinear wave equations, mathematical general relativity and dispersive equations.

learn more about the fellowship on the ams website.

two of our remarkable phd 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 have been selected for inclusion in the student spotlight section of the graduate education and postdoctoral affairs website.  lillian mcpherson, a student in algebraic geometry with elham izadi and sawyer robertson, a student in applied graph theory with alex cloninger, were chosen to represent the math department in this year's spotlight.  be sure to check out their profiles, and those of 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 from across the university, here.

professor jeffrey rabin has been selected as an outstanding mentor in the summer graduate teaching scholars program 2024.  the sgts program has helped hundreds of graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 prepare for and teach summer courses for undergraduates. this program offers advanced graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 a valuable opportunity to gain faculty-mentored teaching experience while expanding summer session course offerings for undergraduates.  professor rabin was commended for both the quality and quantity of student support, and for playing a significant role in his mentee's growth and development as an instructor.

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.

congratulations to freddie manners on receiving the prestigious european congress of mathematics (ems) prize for "his remarkable contributions to additive combinatorics and related areas, in particular to the foundations of higher-order fourier analysis, as well as for miscellaneous other results such as the solution of the pyjama problem."

you can read more about the prizes on the ems website.

congratulations to professors bennett chow and cristian popescu, and visiting scholar andreas wieser on becoming members of the institute for advanced study (ias) for 2024-25.  this prestigious fellowship recognizes the significance of these scholars' work, and it is an opportunity to advance their research and exchange ideas with scholars from around the world.

among the recipients of the inaugural school of physical sciences staff awards were three staff from mathematics:  

kyung brown - received the outstanding leadership award (for staff that performed above and beyond what was expected while navigating their team through a complex project)

cassidy harris and milagro mariona-cruz - were separately honored as best team contributor (for working collaboratively to accomplish key departmental goals/objectives; working with others to achieve cost savings or process improvements)

please join us in celebrating the accomplishment of kyung, cassidy and milagro!

the mathematics department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023-24 ta awards

• soumya ganguly - noted for the overall outstanding quality of his teaching and exceptional sense of responsibility, both inside and outside the classroom.
• jj garzella -  commended for his work ethic and leadership in math 100a, and for his initiative and dedication in the organization of a reading course on commutative algebra
• gregory patchell - praised for his command over the course material in the math 180 sequence and his ability to communicate ideas at any level of sophistication that is demanded from 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 .

please join us in celebrating this year's awardees!

brian kha tran has been announced as the school of physical sciences recipient of the 2024 chancellor’s dissertation medal.  this award, established in spring 2013, recognizes exceptional doctoral research.  recipients of this award are chosen based upon the quality of academic research as determined by the impact of the research to the field and/or department; the insight, originality and creativity shown by the author; the effectiveness of the writing, clarity and organization of the thesis; and the soundness of the methodology and quality of the data.

brian's dissertation was "geometric variational integrators for multisymplectic pdes and adjoint systems."  his doctoral advisor was professor melvin leok.

the campaigns for summer 2024 undergraduate employment are now open through the end of may. 

the reader/grader campaign can be found here. 

the group session tutor campaign can be found here.