Professor Jeff Schenker has been named a 2020 American Mathematical Society Fellow for his research into mathematical physics and disorder effects in quantum systems.

MSU MTH Graduate student Joseph Melby has been selected as one of two graduate students nationally to be funded by the American Mathematical Society to attend the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington DC this March. Participants learn the nitty-gritty details of the Congressional procedures that produce science policy and funding.

Two 2020 Advanced track graduates, Mohit Bansil and Theodore Faust, have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Both Mohit, who worked with Prof. Jun Kitagawa, and Theo, who worked with Prof. Mark Iwen, will go to UCLA for their graduate studies.