Graduate Student Wanchen Zhao Wins Best Poster Award at JMM

The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that our graduate student, Wanchen Zhao (advisor: Prof. Peter Bubenik), was recognized for her poster presentation at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) during the AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics) Poster Session. Her poster, titled “Wasserstein Stability for Persistence Landscapes,” received the Best Poster Award. We congratulate […]

Students Dario Teran Acaro and Rishabh Sarma, and Faculty Chamila Gamage Honored with Awards

Congratulations to our graduate students Dario Teran Acaro (supervised by Dr. Richard Crew) and Rishabh Sarma (supervised by Dr. Frank Garvan), who have been awarded the prestigious CLAS Dissertation Fellowship funded by the Kenneth and Janet Keene Endowed Fellowship in the Mathematical Sciences. Each student will receive $8,000 to support their research during the Summer […]

In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Emeritus John R. Klauder

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our esteemed colleague, Dr. John R. Klauder, who left a profound legacy in the fields of mathematics and physics. Dr. Klauder joined the University of Florida’s Departments of Mathematics and Physics in 1988, and from 2006 until his retirement in 2010, served as a Distinguished Professor. […]

Prof. Zhang Publishes Research in American Journal of Mathematics

Congratulations to Professor Lei Zhang on the acceptance of his paper, “On Non-Simple Blowup Solutions of Liouville Equations,” co-authored with Teresa D’Aprile and Juncheng Wei, in the prestigious American Journal of Mathematics. This achievement is a testament to Prof. Zhang’s contributions to the field and reflects his high standards of research. In this work, Prof. […]

2024 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

We are delighted to announce that Alexander Dunn (Georgia Tech) has been awarded the prestigious 2024 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. This honor will be presented at the International Conference on Number Theory, which will take place from December 20-22, 2024, at SASTRA University in Kumbakonam, South India—Ramanujan’s hometown. Dunn is being recognized for his outstanding contributions […]

2024-2025 Ulam Colloquium by Professor Gui-Qiang Chen

Speaker: Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen, University of Oxford Introduced by Professor Kevin Knudson, Interim Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UF Wednesday, January 15, 2025 3:00-3:50 PM, Little Hall 225 Refreshments at 2:30 pm in Little Hall 339 Partial Differential Equations of Mixed Type − Analysis and Applications Three of the fundamental […]

In Memoriam: Professor Yuli Rudyak

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague, Professor Yuli Rudyak. Professor Rudyak was a distinguished mathematician whose contributions to algebraic topology and symplectic topology have left a lasting impact on the field. His work, recognized and respected worldwide, has significantly influenced both his students and peers. Professor Rudyak […]

Welcoming Eric Evert and Jesse Kim to the Mathematics Department

The Mathematics Department at the University of Florida is pleased to welcome Dr. Eric Evert, who specializes in functional analysis and multilinear algebra, as an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Jesse Kim, who specializes in algebraic combinatorics, as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Both joined us in Fall 2024.

Prof. Calistus Ngonghala named Harvard Radcliffe Fellow

Professor Calistus Ngonghala has been named a Harvard Radcliffe Fellow for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious fellowship, awarded to just 3.3 percent of applicants this year, is part of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s historic 25th anniversary class. The program annually selects and supports exceptional artists, scholars, and public intellectuals who have demonstrated both a […]

Prof. Calistus Ngonghala Awarded NSF Grant for Schistosomiasis Elimination Research

Professor Calistus Ngonghala has been awarded an NSF grant titled “eMB: Collaborative Research: Integrated Hybrid Mathematical Modeling for Schistosomiasis Elimination,” starting September 1, 2024. This project is a collaboration amongst the University of Florida (Gainesville), the University of Georgia (Athens), and the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). Schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms and transmitted […]

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