Awards

Awards received by members of the department

Susanne Brenner Receives Humboldt Research Award

Susanne Brenner received a prestigious Humboldt Research Award in recognition of lifetime achievement. The story (732KB PDF) appears on page 1007 of the September issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

LSU Math Student Received Goldwater Scholarship

Senior mathematics major Nickolas VanMeter received Goldwater Scholarship.

Spring 2007 Awards

LSU Awards

LSU Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award
Julius Esunge
TIAA-CREF Service Learning Fellow Award
Robert Perlis
Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award
Dottie Vaughn

Departmental Awards

Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Academic Excellence
Anna Zemlyanova
Betti and Robert Giles Senior Math Award
Daniel Whitman
Pasquale Porcelli Senior Undergraduate Scholarship
Brittan Farmer
Pasquale Porcelli Junior Undergraduate Scholarship
Rodrigo Farnham
David Oxley Memorial Graduate Student Teaching Award
Tanya Lueder
Certificate of Teaching Excellence
Jens Christensen
Fareed Hawwa
Piotr Maciak
Lisa Warshauer
Departmental Service Award
Jimmie Lawson

Award-Winning Research Paper

Dr. Yongdo Lim (LSU PhD graduate in 1996) won a prize from the Korean Mathematics Society for the best paper of the year by a Korean mathematician. The prize was for his paper Birkhoff formula for conformal compressions of symmetric cones, which appeared in the American Journal of Mathematics, Vol 125 (2003),167-182. Congratulations to Yongdo Lim!

Gilmer, Olafsson, Richardson, and Wolenski Appointed Named Professors

Dean Ferreyra appointed four new named professors:

Congratulations to Pat, Gestur, Len, and Peter on their richly deserved recognition.

Perlis Appointed Alumni Professor

Robert Perlis has been appointed the Cecil "Pete" Taylor Alumni Professor.

Kopcso Received Distinguished Teacher Award

Debra Kopcso received the George H. Deer Distinguished Teacher Award.

Spring 2006 Undergraduate Awards

The 2006 Betti and Robert Giles Senior Math Award goes to Edgar A. Mollere.

2005 Awards

The following major awards and named professorships were given to the departmental personnel in 2005: