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Candidate Biographies Election Special Section FROM THE AMS SECRETARY Candidate Biographies Biographical information about the candidates has been supplied and verified by the candidates. Candidates have had the opportunity to make a statement of not more than 200 words on any subject matter with- out restriction and to list up to five of their research papers. Candidates have had the opportunity to supply a photograph to accompany their biographical information. Acronyms: AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science); AMS (American Mathematical Society); ASA (American Statistical Association); AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics); CBMS (Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences); IAS (Institute for Advanced Study); ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians); IMA (Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications); IMU (International Mathematical Union); IPAM (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics); LMS (London Mathematical Society); MAA (Mathematical Association of America); MSRI (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute); NAS (National Academy of Sciences); NRC (National Research Council); NSF (National Science Foundation); PIMS (Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences); SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics); STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). President tional Committee for Mathematics, 2005–2008; Institute Ruth Charney for Advanced Study Program for Women, Advisory Board, Theodore and Evelyn Berenson Pro- 2007–2010; President of the AWM, 2013–2015; External fessor of Mathematics, Brandeis Uni- Review Committee, Banff International Research Station, versity. 2015; AWM Scientific Advisory Committee, 2015–2016; PhD: Princeton University, 1977. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Scientific Advisory AMS Offices: Member at large, 1992– Board, 2016–present. Fellow of the AMS, 2012; Fellow of 1995; Vice President, 2006–2009; the AWM, 2017. Member: AMS, AWM, MAA, SIAM. Board of Trustees, 2012–2017. Selected Publications: 1. Homology stability for GLn of a Courtesy of Michael Lovett Courtesy AMS Committees: Committee on the Dedekind domain, Invent. Math., 56 (1980), no. 1, 1–17. Profession, 1993–1995; Centennial MR0557579 (81h:18010); 2. Artin groups of finite type Fellowship Committee, 1995–1997; Nominating Com- are biautomatic, Math. Ann., 292 (1992), no. 4, 671–683. mittee, 2000–2003; Central Section Program Committee, MR1157320 (93c:20067); 3. with M. W. Davis, The 2002–2004; Committee on the Profession, 2004–2005; K(π,1)-problem for hyperplane complements associated MRC Steering Committee, 2006–2010; Executive Commit- to infinite reflection groups, J. Amer. Math. Soc., 8 (1995), tee, 2007–2011; Birman Fellowship Selection Committee, no. 3, 597–627. MR1303028 (95i:52011); 4. with J. Behr- 2018–present; Committee on Committees, 2019–present. stock, Divergence and quasimorphisms of right-angled Selected Addresses: AMS Plenary Lecture, Vanderbilt Uni- Artin groups, Math. Ann., 352 (2012), no. 2, 339–356. versity, 2004; MAA Distinguished Lecture, Washington, MR2874959; 5. with N. Stambaugh and K. Vogtmann, DC, 2008; MAA Pólya Lectures, 2013–2015; AWM Research Outer space for untwisted automorphisms of right-angled Symposium Plenary Lecture, UCLA, 2017; AMS Plenary Artin groups, Geom. Topol., 21 (2017), no. 2, 1131–1178. Lecture, JMM, San Diego, 2018. MR3626599. Additional Information: NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, Statement by Candidate: I am often asked to reflect on 1979–1980; Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1982–1983; my career in mathematics and the challenges I have faced. AWM Executive Committee, 1990–1993; MSRI Board of While there are many stories I might tell about my journey, Trustees, 1993–1995 and 2007–2015; Editorial Board, in retrospect, it has been a fantastic experience and I would Algebraic and Geometric Topology, 2000–2007; US Na- do it again in a heartbeat. I would be honored to have the 1248 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 66, NUMBER 8 Election Special Section FROM THE AMS SECRETARY opportunity, as President of the AMS, to give back to the 2015–2017; Veblen Prize selection, 2015–2018; Steele Prize community that has supported me through this journey. selection, 2018–2021. I believe that the breadth of my experience would serve Selected Addresses: AMS Invited address, JMM, Atlanta, me well in this position. I have been on the faculty of both 1988; Invited speaker, ICM, Kyoto, 1990; Plenary Lecture, large schools (Ohio State University) and small schools ICM, Berlin, 1998; AWM Noether Lecture, JMM, Baltimore, (Brandeis University). I have faced the challenge of raising 1998; Colloquium lectures, JMM, Baltimore, 2014. a family while building a career. I have served as chair of Additional Information: Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize, 1991; my department, and on numerous professional committees Fellow, Royal Society, 1994; Member, National Academy and boards. In particular, I have served as Vice President of Sciences, 1999; London Mathematical Society Senior of the AMS, as Chair of the AMS Board of Trustees, and as Berwick Prize, 2010; Member, American Philosophical So- President of the Association for Women in Mathematics. ciety, 2013; Inaugural Fellow, AMS, 2013; AMS Steele Prize The AMS currently faces some major challenges. Main- for Exposition, 2017; Fellow, AWM, 2018; Sylvester Medal, taining government support for mathematics research is Royal Society, 2018. Honorary Doctorates: Edinburgh, crucial to the profession. The AMS must take an active role 1997; York, 2000; Strasbourg, 2008; St. Andrews, 2014; in promoting the importance of mathematics research and Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2016; Warwick, 2017. in advocating for increased government support. Changes Selected Publications: 1. A countable infinity of II1-factors, in the publishing business brought about by advancing Ann. of Math., (2) 90 (1969), 361–371. MR0256183; 2. Ex- technology present another ongoing challenge, as publish- amples of symplectic structures, Invent. Math., 89 (1987), ing is a prime source of revenue for the AMS. During my 13–36. MR0892186 (41 #840); 3. The Structure of rational time as a Trustee, I participated in many discussions about and ruled symplectic 4-manifolds, J. Amer. Math. Soc., 3 the best way to address these developments. (1990), no. 3, 679–712; MR1049697 (91k:58042); 4. with At the same time, changes in the culture are providing D. Salamon, J-holomorphic curves and symplectic topol- new opportunities for the AMS. As pure and applied math- ogy, Colloq. Publications, 52 (2004), 2nd edition (2012) ematics have become more integrated, and as an increasing MR2954391; 5. with F. Schlenk, The embedding capacity number of graduate students seek jobs in industry, the AMS of 4-dimensional symplectic ellipsoids, Ann. of Math., (2) has expanded its horizons beyond its traditional focus. I 175 (2012), no. 3, 1191–1282. MR2912705. strongly support this move. Another opportunity for the Statement by Candidate: I am honored to be nominated as AMS today is helping to increase the participation of un- President of the American Mathematical Society. The AMS der-represented groups in mathematics. I entered graduate provides vital support for the mathematical community, school at a time when the percentage of women in the field both in the USA and abroad, by its meetings and publica- was pathetically small and have worked throughout my tions; its advocacy for the importance of mathematics to career to change this. Now is the time to apply what we society; its support for efforts to diversify the profession; have learned to other under-represented groups. and its support for mathematicians at all stages in their I am committed to assuring that the field of mathemat- careers. I will be happy to work to further all of these aims. ics continues to thrive and welcomes all those who wish Though I have put most of my mathematical energy to participate. I would be deeply honored to be elected into research, in my teaching I always try to develop my President of the AMS. students’ interest in mathematics. I have also worked hard to promote the visibility of women in mathematics and to President mentor young female mathematicians. Dusa McDuff In 2013 I became an organizer of the Women and Math- Helen Lyttle Kimmel ’42 Professor ematics program at the Institute for Advanced Study. This of Mathematics, Barnard College, program was started over twenty-five years ago and it has Columbia University. been a great pleasure to help in its further development. PhD: University of Cambridge, 1971. I have been associated with the governance of the AMS Committees: Centennial Fel- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, almost lowship Committee, 1989–1991 continuously since 1990, first as a member (then Chair) of (Chair, 1990–1991); Program the Scientific Advisory Committee, and then as a member of Courtesy of Dusa McDuff Courtesy Committee for National Meetings, the Board of Trustees (Chair 1998–2001). That experience 1991–1994; AMS-CMS Joint Program has shown me the importance and transformative effect of Committee, 1991–1994; Chair, Satter Prize Selection Com- good mathematical leadership. mittee, 1992–1994; Journal of the AMS, 1992–1998; Collo- The American Mathematical Society has a rather differ- quium Lecture Committee, 2002–2005; Collected Works ent but equally important role to play in the mathematical Editorial Committee, 2004–2013 (Chair, 2008–2013); community. It already has many programs that support National Awards and Public Representation, 2007–2009, young mathematicians,
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