University of Wisconsin - Madison
Our former Van Vleck postdoc Donghyun Lee (currently, an associate professor in Postech) won a Hanwoomul Phagi Basic Research grant from the Korean Ministry of Science (the total amount of his award is about two million USD over 10 years). Dr. Lee is the only winner in math, among 15 awardees in the areas of …
José Rodriguez has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship, one of two awarded to UW–Madison faculty. These awards are given to early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. We are tremendously proud of José! …
Two of our TAs have won Campus TA awards. Karan Srivastava has won an Exceptional Service Award, and Boyana Martinova has won an Early Excellence Award. Both will be recognized by an awards ceremony on March 21, 2023. Congratulations! Link: https://grad.wisc.edu/2023/03/14/2022-23-teaching-assistant-award-winners-demonstrate-educational-excellence/
The UW did well again in the 83rd Putnam math competition. Our team ranked 14th nationwide (plus Canada). Our student Haran Mouli ranked 25-100, Jonah Guse ranked 101-210. Additionally, Kyle Boone, Yangkun Dai, Tianlong Huang, Yuval Lerman and Yufei Zhan made to the top 500. Link to MAA announcement: https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Putnam/2022/AnnouncementOfWinnersFall2022.docx.pdf
Professor Saverio Spagnolie 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 of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on the basis of a detailed proposal. Congratulations Saverio! Link: …
Former Van Vleck Assistant Professor Donghyun Lee (2015-2018) is appointed as a named distinguished professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), a private research university in Pohang, South Korea.
Jose Rodriguez has won a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. Each year, the L&S Honors Program solicits student nominations of faculty members (or instructional academic staff) who have had a special impact as instructors of Honors courses, as supervisors of Honors theses, or as teachers and mentors of Honors studen ts. The Faculty Honors Committee reviews …
We are pleased to congratulate Mihaela Ifrim, Timo Seppäläinen and Botong Wang for being awarded 2023 Simons Fellowships. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. Link: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-fellows-in-mathematics/?tab=awardees
Mihaela Ifrim has been awarded a Visiting Miller Professorship at the Miller Institute, housed at UC-Berkeley. The purpose of the Visiting Miller Professorship is to bring promising or eminent scientists to the Berkeley campus on a short-term basis for collaborative research interactions within the Institute’s interdisciplinary community. Link: https://miller.berkeley.edu/visiting-professorship