Lek-Heng Lim ( Chinese: 林力行 [1]) is a Singaporean mathematician.
Lim earned a bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore, studied for his master's at Cornell University and the University of Cambridge, and completed a doctorate at Stanford University. [2] Lim started his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley, [1] where he served as Charles Morrey Assistant Professor. [2] He later joined the University of Chicago faculty. [3] [4] While affiliated with Chicago, Lim won the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing [5] [6] and Stephen Smale Prize in 2017, [7] followed by the 2020 Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra. [8] In 2020, Lim was also elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [9]
Lim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in April 2022. [10] [11]
Lek-Heng Lim ( Chinese: 林力行 [1]) is a Singaporean mathematician.
Lim earned a bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore, studied for his master's at Cornell University and the University of Cambridge, and completed a doctorate at Stanford University. [2] Lim started his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley, [1] where he served as Charles Morrey Assistant Professor. [2] He later joined the University of Chicago faculty. [3] [4] While affiliated with Chicago, Lim won the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing [5] [6] and Stephen Smale Prize in 2017, [7] followed by the 2020 Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra. [8] In 2020, Lim was also elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [9]
Lim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in April 2022. [10] [11]