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Educational Background

  • B.A. in Mathematics (summa cum laude), Washington University, 1994
  • M.A. in Mathematics, Washington University, 1994
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1999

Academic Positions

  • 2018-2021: Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2018: Interim Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2015-2017: Director, Illinois Geometry Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2013-present: Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2008-2013: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2002-2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 1999-2002: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Visiting Positions

  • 2021-present: Program Director, Analysis Program, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
  • 2013: Senior Fellow, Interactions between Analysis and Geometry, IPAM, UCLA
  • 2009-2010: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • 2003: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • 2000: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Honors and Recognition

  • 2013: Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2012: LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
  • 2011: Distinguished Teaching Award in Mathematics for Tenured Faculty
  • 2011: Invited Address, 2011 AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
  • 2008: Helen Corley Petit Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 1998: Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, University of Michigan
  • 1994: William L. Putnam Award in Mathematics, Washington University
  • 1993: Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Washington University
  • 1990-1994: Arthur H. Compton Scholar, Washington University