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Maria Gordina
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| Nationality | US American, Russian |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (Ph.D., 1998) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut UC San Diego McMaster University |
| Thesis | Holomorphic Functions and the Heat Kernel Measure on an Infinite Dimensional Complex Orthogonal Group (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Gross |
Maria (Masha) Gordina is a mathematician from both Russia and the United States. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Connecticut. Her special area of math research combines different fields. These include the study of random changes, shapes, and how math functions work. She also looks at how "heat kernels" behave in very large math "groups."
Maria Gordina is the daughter of another mathematician, Mikhail (Misha) Gordin.
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Maria Gordina's Journey in Math
Early Education and Degrees
Maria Gordina finished her first university degree in 1990. She studied at Leningrad State University in Russia. After that, she became an assistant professor at the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute.
She then moved to the United States to continue her studies. In 1998, she earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University. A Ph.D. is the highest university degree you can get. Her special research for her Ph.D. was about "Holomorphic functions and the heat kernel measure on an infinite dimensional complex orthogonal group." Her professor, Leonard Gross, helped guide her research.
Post-Doctoral Work and Teaching
After getting her Ph.D., Maria Gordina worked as a post-doctoral researcher. This is a special job for new Ph.D. graduates to do more research. She worked at McMaster University. In 2000, she received a special grant called a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. This allowed her to do research at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2003, Professor Gordina joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut. She has been teaching and doing research there ever since.
Working with Math Journals
Professor Gordina also helps guide what gets published in important math journals. She is on the editorial boards for Forum Mathematicum, the Electronic Journal of Probability, and Electronic Communications in Probability. This means she helps decide which new math research papers are good enough to be published.
Awards and Recognition
Maria Gordina has received many awards for her important work in mathematics.
- In 2005, she was given a Humboldt Research fellowship. This award helps scientists do research in Germany. She received it again several times.
- In 2009, she won the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize. This prize is given by the Association for Women in Mathematics. It honors women who do excellent work in math.
- She was named a Simons Fellow in Mathematics and Physical Sciences in 2016. This fellowship supports leading scientists in their research.
- In 2023, she was chosen as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This is a very high honor. It recognized her contributions to different areas of math. These areas include how random processes work, the study of shapes, and how math functions behave in very large spaces.
