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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 talented mathematician from both Russia and the United States. She is a professor at the University of Connecticut. Her work combines different areas of math, like studying random processes (called stochastic analysis), shapes and spaces (called differential geometry), and functions (called functional analysis). She especially looks at how "heat" spreads in very complex, large groups of numbers.
Maria Gordina is the daughter of another mathematician, Mikhail (Misha) Gordin.
Maria Gordina's Journey in Math
Maria Gordina started her math journey by earning a diploma in 1990 from Leningrad State University. After that, she became an assistant professor at the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute.
She continued her studies and earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from Cornell University. Her Ph.D. project was about "Holomorphic functions and the heat kernel measure on an infinite dimensional complex orthogonal group." Her advisor was Leonard Gross.
After getting her Ph.D., Maria Gordina worked at McMaster University. In 2000, she received a special fellowship from the National Science Foundation. This allowed her to do research at the University of California, San Diego. In 2003, Maria Gordina joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut.
Working with Math Journals
Maria Gordina also helps guide 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 get published.
Awards and Recognition
Maria Gordina has received many important awards for her work in mathematics.
- In 2005, she was given a Humboldt Research fellowship. She received this award multiple times.
- In 2009, she won the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize from the Association for Women in Mathematics. This award helps support women in math.
- In 2016, she was named a Simons Fellow in Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
- In 2023, she was chosen to be a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This honor was given for her important work in different areas of math, including how random processes and shapes interact, and how "heat" spreads in complex systems.
