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 Professor Ling Long is one of the editors of the book Directions in Number Theory as part of the Springer Association for Women in Mathematics series.  

Professor Karl Mahlburg's review of the movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity" about the life on Ramanujan is featured on the College of Science blog. Karl Mahlburg joined the department in 2011.

Professor Susanne C. Brenner edited the book Topics in Numerical Partial Differential Equations and Scientific Computing as part of the Springer series The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications

Professor Susanne C. Brenner was appointed to the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPSAC). The committee currently consists of twelve members, and its task is to "provide advice and recommendations to the National Science Foundation’s programs within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). Susanne C. Brenner and Lynne Hillenbrand (Astronomy; California Institute of Technology) are replacing Bruce Elmegreen (Physics; IBM Watson Research Center) and Emery Brown (Computational Neuroscience; Harvard and MIT) on the committee.

Susanne C. Brenner joined the math department in 2006 and is currently the Nicholson Professor of Mathematics. She is a SIAM Fellow (2010), AMS Fellow (2012) and AAAS Fellow (2012).

 

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The Daily Reveille as well as the College of Science Newsletter covered the move of the Math Lab from Pleasant Hall to an 8,000 square foot space on the third floor of Middleton Library. The new Math Lab allows approximately 4,000 students a week access to one of the 254 computers.  

Professor Blaise Bourdin will be one of the plenary speakers at the fifth international Conference on Computational Modeling of Fractures and Failures of Materials and Structures (CFRAC 2017), June 14-16, 2017.

Professor Pramod Achar has been invited to deliver a planary address at the Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Charleston, SC, March 10-12, 2017. Pramod Achar joined LSU in 2004.

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Professors Yaniv Almog, Pallavi Dani and Phuc Nguyen are among the recipients of the 2016 Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians.
Each collaboration grant provides $7,000 per year for five years. The grants will commentce September 1, 2016, and end August 31, 2021.

Mhel Lazo, who received his B.S. in Math in 2012 with a concentration in Actuarial Science, is featured in LSU’s social media campaign highlighting alums under 30 years old. In 2010 he participated in the LSU Math SMILE program. Currently, he works for The Walt Disney Company.

Professor Robert Lipton was awarded a grant by the Army Research Office (ARO) for work on Mathematical and Multi-Scale Foundations of Nonlocal Modeling. 

The ARO provides funding of a total of $500,000 for three years through its Solid Mechanics Program. The goal of the research is to create the theoreticaland computational foundations necessary for nonlocal mechanical models to provide reliable and predictive simulations of dynamic fracture. Dynamic fracture is a complex problem involving multiple interacting cracks. Robert Lipton's research will be supported by a postdoctoral associate who is funded through the grant.

Robert Lipton joined the LSU math department in 2001 from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute where
he was professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Currently, he is the S.B Barton Professor of Mathematics.

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