Deborah Frank Lockhart | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | National Science Foundation |
Thesis | Dynamic buckling of imperfection-sensitive structures (1974) |
Deborah Frank Lockhart is a mathematician known for her work with the National Science Foundation.
Lockhart graduated in 1965 from the Bronx High School of Science. [1] She received her BS in mathematics from New York University, [2] and went on to receive her Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the area of continuum mechanics. [3]
Lockhart went on to work at SUNY Geneseo before moving to Michigan Technological University in 1976. [2] She began working as a program director at the National Science Foundation in 1988, later becoming a deputy division director and acting division director before, in 2016, being named deputy assistant director of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. [4]
In 2012, Lockhart became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [5] Also that year, she became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6] She is also the 2021 recipient of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession. [7]
Deborah Frank Lockhart | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Awards |
|
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | National Science Foundation |
Thesis | Dynamic buckling of imperfection-sensitive structures (1974) |
Deborah Frank Lockhart is a mathematician known for her work with the National Science Foundation.
Lockhart graduated in 1965 from the Bronx High School of Science. [1] She received her BS in mathematics from New York University, [2] and went on to receive her Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the area of continuum mechanics. [3]
Lockhart went on to work at SUNY Geneseo before moving to Michigan Technological University in 1976. [2] She began working as a program director at the National Science Foundation in 1988, later becoming a deputy division director and acting division director before, in 2016, being named deputy assistant director of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. [4]
In 2012, Lockhart became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [5] Also that year, she became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6] She is also the 2021 recipient of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession. [7]