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Girja Tripathi Wins Postdoc at the Tata Institute

Congratulations to Girja Tripathi (LSU PhD Dec. 2010, advisor Prof. Schlichting), who has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Tata Institute, Mumbai.

Graduate Wins Postdoc at Tufts

Congratulations to Jens Christensen (LSU PhD 2009, advisor Prof. Olafsson). After two years at the University of Maryland, Jens has accepted a 3-year postdoctoral position at Tufts University.

Graduate Wins National Award

Mihály (Misi) Kovács (LSU PhD. 2004, advisor Prof. Frank Neubrander) is this year's sole recipient of the New Zealand Mathematical Society's Early Career Award for Mathematical Research. Misi's citation for the prize reads “for his innovative research in the field of stochastic partial differential equations, particularly their numerical approximation”. Congratulations Misi!

Graduate Wins NSF Research Grant

Patricio Jara (LSU, Ph.D. 2008, adviser Prof. Frank Neubrander) received a three year research grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences for his research on the Numerical Inversion of the Laplace Transform and its Applications to Evolution Equations. Congratulations Patricio!

Graduate Student Wins Postdoctoral Research Position

Congratulations to Moshe Cohen, doctoral student of Prof. Oliver Dasbach.  Moshe has accepted a postdoctoral research position in  the Department of Mathematics at Bar Ilan University, in Ramat Gan, Israel.  He  will be working with Prof. Mina Teicher in a topic related to Braid Groups.

 

Award-Winning Topology Video by Graduate Student

Congratulations to Mustafa Hajij. His topology video "Turaev surfaces" is the 2010 Dean's scholarship award winner at the LSU digital media festival.

GAANN Grant for Doctoral Fellowships

The Department has been awarded a new GAANN grant (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) from the US Department of Education in Spring 2010. This grant provides for doctoral fellowships to support excellent US citizen and Permanent Resident graduate students in mathematics at LSU. Mathematics has been designated by Congress as an area of national need. These fellowships can pay up to $30,000 per year, capped however by the student's level of financial need, and they cover tuition and certain other educational expenses. Project directors Len Richardson, Larry Smolinsky, and Jacek Cygan will provide further information to eligible students.

Graduate Wins Distinguished Dissertation Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jasson Vindas, who completed his doctoral dissertation in 2009 under the direction of Prof. Ricardo Estrada in the Mathematics Department.  Dr. Vindas's dissertation, entitled Local Behavior of Distributions and Applications, has been honored with the University's annual  Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering and Technology.  Dr. Vindas is currently at a 3-year postdoctoral research position at the University of Ghent in Belgium.

Graduate Student Wins Postdoc

Congratulations to Silvia Jimenez, doctoral student of Prof. Robert Lipton.  Silvia has won a 3-year research postdoctoral job at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.   Silvia is the fifth pending PhD graduate for 2010 who has won a research postdoctoral position.

Graduate Student Wins Postdoc in Lausanne

Congratulations to Piotr Maciak, doctoral student of Prof. Jorge Morales, who has won a postdoctoral research position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. This is a 9 month position and it starts in January 2011.