Meet a Mathematician
A monthly series hosted by Ingrid Daubechies
(online)
Did you ever wonder what a mathematician does all day? Or what made someone decide to become a mathematician? Or even, what a mathematician does for fun? You may be surprised by some of the answers!
Join Ingrid Daubechies, MoMath’s 2023–2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as she welcomes mathematicians to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their stories, and their love of mathematics.
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Next Up
Meet Melanie Matchett Wood
Hosted by Ingrid Daubechies
Tuesday, April 30
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm ET
(online)
Join MoMath’s Distinguished Visiting Professor Ingrid Daubechies as she welcomes mathematician Melanie Matchett Wood to the MoMath stage to share her experiences, her stories, and her love of mathematics.
Melanie Matchett Wood is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in 2009 at Princeton University under Fields Medalist (and MoMath Trustee) Manjul Bhargava, and she was the first woman from the United States to qualify for the International Mathematical Olympiad. Her research centers on number theory, a branch of mathematics that deals with the properties and relationships of numbers.
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May Meet a Mathematician
Meet Alice Chang, Fan Graham Chung, Winnie Li, and Gloria Wu
Hosted by Ingrid Daubechies
Tuesday, May 21
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm ET
(online)
Join Ingrid Daubechies, MoMath’s 2023–2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, as she welcomes mathematicians Alice Chang, Fan Graham Chung, Winnie Li, and Gloria Wu to the MoMath stage to share their experiences, their story, and their love of mathematics.
Alice Chang, Fan Chung, Winnie Li, and Gloria Wu were undergraduate classmates together at National Taiwan University, where they formed a close friendship that gave them a supporting anchor, first against the stereotypical expectation that they would not do as well in mathematics as male students, and subsequently during the challenges of juggling PhD studies, and later careers, with all the other aspects and responsibilities of life. All four are now distinguished professors at top mathematics departments in the USA, respectively at Princeton, UCSD, Penn State, and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Join host Ingrid Daubechies for an engaging and inspirational conversation with these four incredible women.
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These are online-only events. Occasional video recordings are made available for a fee at videos.momath.org.