Barbara Keyfitz | |
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![]() Keyfitz in 1982 | |
Nationality | Canadian, American |
Title | Professor |
Awards | Krieger–Nelson Prize, SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | New York University |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Lax |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics |
Institutions |
Ohio State University Columbia University Princeton University Arizona State University University of Houston |
Barbara Lee Keyfitz is a Canadian-American mathematician, the Dr. Charles Saltzer Professor of Mathematics at Ohio State University. In her research, she studies nonlinear partial differential equations and associated conservation laws. [1]
Keyfitz did her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, [1] and earned a Ph.D. in 1970 from New York University, under the supervision of Peter Lax. [2] Before taking her present position at Ohio State, she taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, Arizona State University, and the University of Houston; at Houston, she was the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mathematics. She was also the director of the Fields Institute from 2004 to 2008. [1]
She was president of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2005 to 2006, [3] and in 2011 she became president of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. [4] She was Vice-President of the American Mathematical Society from 2011 - 2014. [5]
Keyfitz is the 2005 winner [6] of the Krieger–Nelson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society, the 2011 Noether Lecturer of the Association for Women in Mathematics, [1] the 2012 winner of the SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, and the 2012 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. [3] She was interviewed by Patricia Clark Kenschaft in her book Change is Possible:Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics. [7]
In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [8] She is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics [1] and the Fields Institute. [5]
In 2017, she was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class. [9]
Keyfitz was born in Ottawa, and is the daughter of Canadian demographer Nathan Keyfitz. She is married to Marty Golubitsky and has two children. [5]
Barbara Keyfitz | |
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![]() Keyfitz in 1982 | |
Nationality | Canadian, American |
Title | Professor |
Awards | Krieger–Nelson Prize, SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | New York University |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Lax |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics |
Institutions |
Ohio State University Columbia University Princeton University Arizona State University University of Houston |
Barbara Lee Keyfitz is a Canadian-American mathematician, the Dr. Charles Saltzer Professor of Mathematics at Ohio State University. In her research, she studies nonlinear partial differential equations and associated conservation laws. [1]
Keyfitz did her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, [1] and earned a Ph.D. in 1970 from New York University, under the supervision of Peter Lax. [2] Before taking her present position at Ohio State, she taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, Arizona State University, and the University of Houston; at Houston, she was the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mathematics. She was also the director of the Fields Institute from 2004 to 2008. [1]
She was president of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2005 to 2006, [3] and in 2011 she became president of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. [4] She was Vice-President of the American Mathematical Society from 2011 - 2014. [5]
Keyfitz is the 2005 winner [6] of the Krieger–Nelson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society, the 2011 Noether Lecturer of the Association for Women in Mathematics, [1] the 2012 winner of the SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, and the 2012 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. [3] She was interviewed by Patricia Clark Kenschaft in her book Change is Possible:Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics. [7]
In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [8] She is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics [1] and the Fields Institute. [5]
In 2017, she was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class. [9]
Keyfitz was born in Ottawa, and is the daughter of Canadian demographer Nathan Keyfitz. She is married to Marty Golubitsky and has two children. [5]