Faculty Distinctions
AMS Fellows
The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.
| Aaron Bertram |
(Class of 2017) |
| Mladen Bestvina | (Inaugural Class) |
| Ken Bromberg | (Inaugural Class) |
| Tommaso de Fernex | (Class of 2019) |
| Paul Fife | (Inaugural Class) |
| Ken Golden | (Inaugural Class) |
| Christopher Hacon | (Inaugural Class) |
| Srikanth Iyengar | (Class of 2014) |
| Davar Khoshnevisan | (Class of 2020) |
| Dragan Milicic | (Inaugural Class) |
| Paul Roberts | (Inaugural Class) |
| Hugo Rossi | (Inaugural Class) |
| Karl Schwede | (Class of 2021) |
| Anurag Singh | (Class of 2023) |
| Domingo Toledo | (Class of 2016) |
| Peter Trapa | (Class of 2019) |
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics rewards significant discoveries across the many branches of the subject
| Christopher Hacon | 2018 |
Cole Prize
The Cole Prize recognizes a notable research work in algebra that has appeared in the last six years.
| Christopher Hacon | 2009 |
Guggenheim Fellows
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants to selected individuals made for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twelve months. The purpose of the Guggenheim Fellowship program is to help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much freedom as possible in their areas of research.
IMS Fellows
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. IMS Fellowship honors the outstanding research and professional contributions of its members.
| Stewart N. Ethier | (Class of 1993) |
| Lajos Horvath | (Class of 1990) |
| Davar Khoshnevisan | (Class of 2015) |
| Firas Rassoul-Agha | (Class of 2019) |
NAS Fellows
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars. Scientists are elected by their peers to membership in the NAS for outstanding contributions to research.
| Christopher Hacon | (Class of 2018) |
NSF CAREER Awards
The National Science Foundation CAREER Awards supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
| Jon Chaika | 2015-2020 |
| Tommaso de Fernex | 2009-2014 |
| Sean Lawley | 2020-2025 |
| Akil Narayan | 2019-2024 |
| Braxton Osting | 2018-2023 |
| Priyam Patel | 2021-2026 |
| Stephan Patrikis | 2018-2023 |
| Firas Rassoul-Agha | 2008-2015 |
| Karl Schwede | 2013-2019 |
Rollo Davidson Prize
The Rollo Davidson Prize is a prize awarded annually to early-career probabilists by the Rollo Davidson trustees. It is named after English mathematician Rollo Davidson (1944–1970).
| Davar Khoshnevisan | (Class of 1998) |
RS Fellows
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Fellows and Foreign Members are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science.
| Christopher Hacon | (Class of 2019) |
SIAM Fellows
The SIAM Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding members of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The goal of the program is to honor SIAM members who make contributions to the discipline and encourage other members in pursuing leadership positions and in advancing the profession.
| Paul Bressloff | (Class of 2016) |
| Ken Golden | (Class of 2011) |
| Chris Johnson | (Class of 2009) |
| Jim Keener | (Class of 2012) |
| Graeme Milton | (Class of 2009) |
SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences Early Career Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences Early Career Prize (SIAG/LS Early Career Prize) is awarded every two years to one individual in their early career, in the field of mathematics applied to the life sciences, for distinguished contributions to the field in the three calendar years prior to the award year.
| Sean Lawley | 2018 |
Simons Fellows
Simons Fellowships are awarded to applicants based on scientific accomplishments in the preceding five years and the potential scientific impact of the work done during the research sabbatical.
| Aaron Bertram | 2018 |
| Mladen Bestvina | 2020 |
| Jonathan Chaika | 2020 |
| Tommaso de Fernex | 2012 |
| Firas Rassoul-Agha | 2014 |
| Firas Rassoul-Agha | 2021 |
| Karl Schwede | 2020 |
Simons Investigators
Simons Investigators are outstanding theoretical scientists who receive a stable base of research support from the foundation, enabling them to undertake the long-term study of fundamental questions.
| Christopher Hacon | 2012 |
Sloan Fellows
Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are given each year to researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
| Aaron Bertram | 1994-96 |
| Mladen Bestvina | 1988-90; 1990-92 |
| Ken Bromberg | 2005-07 |
| James Carlson | 1977-79 |
| Jonathan Chaika | 2015-17 |
| Herb Clemens | 1973-75 |
| David Dobson | 1997-99 |
| Ron Donagi | 1982-84 |
| Aaron Fogelson | 1987-89 |
| Les Glaser | 1969-71 |
| Christopher Hacon | 2003-05 |
| Henryk Hecht | 1980-82 |
| Bruce Kleiner | 1995-97 |
| Mark Lewis | 1994-96 |
| Graeme Milton | 1988-90 |
| Robert Morelli | 1996-98 |
| Wieslawa Niziol | 1998-2000 |
| Hugo Rossi | 1965-67 |
| Yongbin Ruan | 1995-97 |
| Gordon Savin | 1993-95 |
| Karl Schwede | 2012-14 |
| Joseph Taylor | 1967-71 |
| Jared Tanner | 2007-08 |
| Domingo Toledo | 1982-84 |
| Andrejs Treibergs | 1985-87 |
| Li-Cheng Tsai | 2022-24 |