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,