Graduate Student Awards

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LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award

The LSU Alumni Association annually sponsors the Distinguished Dissertation Awards. Two awards are given: one in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and one in science, engineering and technology. Awards are presented to the doctoral student in each category whose research and writing epitomize superior scholarship. The following are the winners of the Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Mathematics Department. The year refers to the year of the dissertation.

Year Name Major Professor
2009 Jasson Vindas Ricardo Estrada
1983 Michael F. Bridgland Kenneth B. Reid

College of Science Distinguished Dissertation Award

In conjunction with the LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award, the College of Science also annually sponsors a Distinguished Dissertation Award for the outstanding dissertation from the College of Science. The following are the winners of the College of Science Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Department of Mathematics. The year refers to the year of the dissertation.

Year Name Major Professor
2022 Kent Vashaw Milen Yakimov
2014 Irina Holmes Ambar Sengupta
2013 Laura Rider Pramod Achar
2009 Jasson Vindas Ricardo Estrada
1983 Michael F. Bridgland Kenneth B. Reid

Pasquale Porcelli Graduate Student Research Excellence Award

Prof. Porcelli The Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Research Excellence is awarded each fall semester to a graduate student who has passed the General Exam prior to the current academic year and who shows the greatest promise of making significant contributions to mathematical research, both as a graduate student and in his or her subsequent career. This award will normally be given to a final-year student and cannot be won more than once. The winner receives a Certificate of Graduate Research Excellence and a monetary award from the Department's Pasquale Porcelli Fund.

Pasquale Porcelli Graduate Student Research Excellence Award Winners

Year Name
2022 Kevin Kellinsky-Gonzalez
2021 Sudipta Ghosh
2020 Kent Vashaw
2019 Tara Fife
2018 Kurt Trey Trampel
2017 Kevin Grace
2016 Neal Livesay
2015 Eric Bucher
2015 Aleksandr Smirnov
2014 Yunyun Yang
2013 Peter Lambert-Cole
2012 Laura Rider
2011 Xuanting Cai
2010 Cody Armond
2009 Anna Zemlyanova
2008 Jens Christensen
2008 Carolyn Chun
2008 Adam Lowrance
2007 Jasson Vindas
2006 Jean Bureau

Pasquale Porcelli Certificate of Excellence in Research

Beginning with the fall semester of 2010, the Department may award Pasquale Porcelli Certificates of Research Excellence for graduate students in addition to the Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Research Excellence. The selection process and criteria are the same as for the Pasquale Porcelli Graduate Student Research Excellence Award. The winner receives a Certificate of Excellence in Research and a monetary award from the Department's Pasquale Porcelli Fund.

Pasquale Porcelli Certificates of Excellence in Research Winners

Year Name
2021 Jagdeep Singh
2020 Liem Nguyen
2019 Irfan Alam
2017 Bach Nguyen
2014 Aleksandr Smirnov
2013 Dennis Hall
2012 Yi Zhang
2010 Deborah Chun
2010 Benedykt Szozda

Pasquale Porcelli Graduate Student Academic Excellence Award

Each spring semester the Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Academic Excellence is awarded to a graduate student who is currently in the first two years of docotoral studies and has passed the Comprehensive Exams at the PhD Qualifying level. This award cannot be won more than once. The purpose is to recognize students whose dedication to the study of mathematics and whose success in such study makes that student a strong role-model for his or her fellow students. The winner receives a Certificate of Graduate Academic Excellence and monetary award from the Department's Pasquale Porcelli Fund.

Pasquale Porcelli Graduate Student Academic Excellence Award Winners

Year Name
2023 Colton Sandvik
2022 Alina Oktyabrskaya
2021 Megan Farrell
2020 Emma Lien
2019 Iswarya Sitiraju
2018 Walter Bridges
2017 Kent Vashaw
2016 Rima Chatterjee
2015 Ryan Leigon
2014 Farid Bouya
2013 Alisina Azhang
2013 Jiayu Zhai
2012 Aleksandr Smirnov
2011 Kyle Istvan
2010 Xuanye Wang
2009 Matthew Dawson
2008 Jeremy Jacobson
2007 Anna Zemlyanova

Arthur K. Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship

Each fall semester the Arthur K. Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship is awarded to a few advanced doctoral students. The scholarships will be “for eligible students to provide scholarship support and/or funding for academic or professional experiential opportunities (e.g., internships, conference or research travel). The endowed scholarship funds may be used to supplement other scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, or similar support provided to the recipient.”

Arthur K. Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship Recipients

Year Name
2022 Jake Murphy, Jeremy Shahan, Miao Zhang
2021 Prerna Agarwal, Pujan Shrestha, Jagdeep Singh
2020 Kent Vashaw, Liem Nguyen, Sudipta Gosh

A. K. and Shirley Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship

Each fall semester the A. K. and Shirley Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship is awarded to a few advanced doctoral students. The scholarships will be “for eligible students to provide scholarship support and/or funding for academic or professional experiential opportunities (e.g., internships, conference or research travel). The endowed scholarship funds may be used to supplement other scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, or similar support provided to the recipient.”

A. K. and Shirley Barton Superior Graduate Student Scholarship Recipients

Year Name
2022 Jinpu Zhou
2021 Sudip Sinha

David Oxley Teaching Award

This award is given each semester. In the Fall, those eligible are senior graduate students, those who have been in the Mathematics graduate program for more than two years. In the Spring, those eligible are junior graduate students, those who are not senior. A student may win both the junior and senior awards but cannot win the junior or senior award more than once. The award carries a cash stipend of $1000 funded by contributions from faculty and former students and endowed in 2000 by the Oxley family.

Read more about the David Oxley Teaching Award and view the list of recipients.

Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award

The Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award is intended to recognize outstanding teaching ability and service to students. The award acknowledges and emphasizes the important role teaching assistants play in providing quality academic instruction. The award consists of a cash award and an engraved plaque. The following are the winners of the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award from the Mathematics Department.

Year Name
2023 James Dylan Douthitt
2020 Jagdeep Singh
2019 Joseph Grenier
2018 Matt Barnes
2017 Joshua Fallon
2016 Austin Scirratt
2015 Simon Pfeil
2011 Myron Minn-Thu-Aye
2003 Robin Blankenship

Certificate of Teaching Excellence

The awarding of these certificates began in Fall, 1994. Up to five certificates are awarded each semester. The certificates are awarded in two categories: Junior (for students in their first two years in our graduate program); and Senior (for students beyond their first two years in our program). No individual can be awarded more than one certificate in a given academic year.

Read more about the Certificate of Teaching Excellence and view the list of recipients.