Seven Women Among the 63 New Fellows of the American Mathematical Society

The fellows program of the American Mathematical Society recognizes scholars “who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.” This year, the society elected 63 new fellows. Of the 63 new members, only seven are women. Kristin E. Lauter, principal researcher and research manager for the cryptography group at Microsoft Research was one of the seven women elected to the society. The other six women elected as new AMS fellows have current academic affiliations.

(L to R) Kristin E. Lauter, Irena Lasiecka, Gordana Matic, Irina Mitrea, Andrea R. Nahmod, Brooke Shipley, and Christina Sormani

Irena Lasiecka is a Distinguished University Professor and chair of the department of mathematical sciences at the University of Memphis. Earlier in her career, she taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Florida. Dr. Lasiecka holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Warsaw in Poland.

Gordana Matic is a professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia. She has been on the faculty at the university since 1990. She was honored by the society for “contributions to low-dimensional and contact topology.” Dr. Matic earned a Ph.D. at the University of Utah.

Irina Mitrea is a professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia. She joined the faculty at Temple in 2011 after serving as the associate director of the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Minnesota.

Andrea R. Nahmod is a professor of mathematics at the University of Massachusetts. She has served on the faculty there since 1998 and was promoted to full professor in 2008. Dr. Nahmod is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Yale University. Dr. Nahmod was honored for her “contributions to nonlinear Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis, and partial differential equations.”

Brooke Shipley is a professor of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the faculty there is 2003 and was promoted to full professor in 2007. From 1998 to 2003, Dr. Shipley taught at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Christina Sormani is a professor of mathematics at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She previously served on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University and earned a Ph.D. at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science at NYU.