Grad News

Aleksandra Gruszka, a PhD student of Professor Michael Malisoff, was one of five students selected as finalists for the Student Best Paper Award at the 2011 American Control Conference-ACC 2011, held in San Francisco, June 29 - July 1, 2011. For more information about this award, see the ACC-2011 website. An extended version of this paper has already been accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.

Congratulations to Susanna Dann (soon-to-be LSU PhD, advisor Prof. Olafsson), who has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her advisor there will be Prof. Alexander Koldobsky.

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.