Mathematics Graduate Program
External Awards
- 2019: William Cole Franks won SGS Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award, Matthew Charnley won SAS Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education (Graduate Student Category), Marco Castronovo won award for Off-Campus Dissertation Development Funding from SGS
- 2018: Tamar Lichter won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Kelly Spendlove won an NSF GROW Fellowship
- 2017: Edna Jones and Holly Mandel each won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Incoming student Victoria Chayes won an NDSEG Fellowship.
- 2016: Bryan Ek won a SMART fellowship. Howard Nuer won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2015: Katie McKeon won a CCICADA Fellowship
- 2014: Kelly Spendlove was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Corrine Yap won an NJSGC Fellowship
- 2014: Lillian (Katy) Crow-Craig won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2013: John Kim won an NSF-GRF Fellowship; Lihua Huang won an honorable mention in the NSF-GRF application; (incoming student) William Franks won an NDSEG Fellowship.
- 2012: Siao-Hao Guo won a Taiwan Fellowship
- 2012: Lillian (Katy) Crow-Craig won an honorable mention in the NSF-GRF application.
- 2011: Glen Wilson won an honorable mention in the NSF-GRF application.
- 2010: Wesley Pegden won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2009: Philip M. Wood won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2008: Chris Stucchio won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2007: Vincent Vatter won an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Recipients of TA Teaching Excellence Awards
*None awarded F00-S02
| Semester | Winner(s) | Semester |
Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Michael Doppelt, Robert Dougherty-Bliss, Kenneth Alex Dowling | Spring 2023 | |
| Fall 2021 | Quentin Dubroff, Michael Doppelt | Spring 2022 | Tamar Blanks, Victoria Chayes, Brian Pinsky |
| Fall 2020 | Corrine Yap, Blair Seidler | Spring 2021 | Zhuolun Yang, Songhao Zhu |
| Fall 2019 | Marco Castronovo, Blair Seidler | Spring 2020 | Yael Davidov, Corrine Yap |
| Fall 2018 | Jinyoung Park, Chloe Wawrzyniak | Spring 2019 | Jeaheang Bang, Erik de Amorim |
| Fall 2017 | Michael Breeling, Daniel Scheinerman | Spring 2018 | Rebecca Coulson, Matthew Charnley |
| Fall 2016 | Rachel Levanger, Richard Voepel | Spring 2017 | Nathan Fox, Douglas Schultz |
| Fall 2015 | Patrick Devlin, Charles Wolf | Spring 2016 | Fei Qi, Howard Nuer |
| Fall 2014 | Bud Coulson, Glen Wilson | Spring 2015 | Nathaniel Shar, Tien Trinh |
| Fall 2013 | Moulik Balasubramanian, Zhan Li | Spring 2014 | Sjuvon Chung, Matthew Russell |
| Fall 2012 | Kellen Meyers, Ming Xiao | Spring 2013 | Shashank Kanade, Arran Hamm |
| Fall 2011 | Yusra Naqvi, Chris Sadowski | Spring 2012 | Ved Datar, Francesco Fiordalisi |
| Fall 2010 | Thomas Tyrrell, Jinwei Yang | Spring 2011 | Priyam Patel, Vijay Ravikumar |
| Fall 2009 | Wesley Pegden, Humberto Montalvan-Gamez | Spring 2010 | David Duncan, Elizabeth Kupin |
| Fall 2008 | Sara Blight, Padmini Mukkamala | Spring 2009 | Gabriel Bouch, Daniel Staley |
| Fall 2007 | Andrew Baxter, Leigh Cobbs | Spring 2008 | John Bryk, Brent Young |
| Fall 2006 | Jared Speck, Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda | Spring 2007 | Shiting (Ellen) Bao, Colleen Duffy |
| Fall 2005 | Ben Bunting, Scott Schneider | Spring 2006 | Lara Pudwell, Eric Rowland |
| Fall 2004 | Ben Bunting, Brian Manning | Spring 2005 | Ben Kennedy, Ian Levitt |
| Fall 2003 | Derek Hansen, Sasa Radomirovic | Spring 2004 | Brian Lins, Jason Tedor |
| Fall 2002 | Laura Ciobanu | Spring 2003 | Michael Weingart |
| Fall 1999 | Brian Ingalls, Ryan Martin | Spring 2000 | Klay Kruczek, David Nacin |
| Fall 1998 | Cyril Coumerbatch, Paul Dreyer | Spring 1999 | Amy Stern, Steven Warner |
| Fall 1997 | Thomas Bullock, Tor Gunston | Spring 1998 | Jim Dare, Rebecca Hickling |
| Fall 1996 | Terri Girardi, Luca Mauri | Spring 1997 | Ka Luen Cheung, Pirkko Kuusela |
Award recipients get a certificate and USD 200.
Recipients of Pizza Seminar Awards
| Semester | Winner | Semester | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Kayla Gibson, Joy Hamlin | Spring 2025 | ||
| Fall 2021 | George Hauser, Natalya Ter-Saakov | Spring 2022 | Louis Gaudet | |
| Fall 2020 | Louis Gaudet | Spring 2021 | Rashmika Goswami, Robert Dougherty-Bliss | |
| Fall 2019 | Chloe Wawrzyniak | Spring 2020 | Award not given this semester | |
| Fall 2018 | Erik de Amorim | Spring 2019 | Abigail Raz | |
| Fall 2017 | Abigail Raz | Spring 2018 | Louis Gaudet | |
| Fall 2016 | Patrick Devlin | Spring 2017 | Erik de Amorim | |
| Fall 2015 | Patrick Devlin | Spring 2016 | Nathan Fox, Yonah Biers-Ariel | |
| Fall 2014 | Erik De Amorim | Spring 2015 | Pedro Pontes | |
| Fall 2013 | Patrick Devlin, Nathaniel Shar, Richard Voepel | Spring 2014 | Matthew Russell | |
| Fall 2012 | Jake Baron | Spring 2013 | Sjuvon Chung | |
| Fall 2011 | Doug Schultz | Spring 2012 | Jake Baron, Bence Borda | |
| Fall 2010 | Jay Williams, Michael deFreitas | Spring 2011 | Justin Bush | |
| Fall 2009 | Daniel Staley | Spring 2010 | Brian Thompson | |
| Fall 2008 | Scott Schneider | Spring 2009 | Philip Matchett Wood, Elizabeth Kupin | |
| Fall 2007 | Wesley Pegden, Jay Williams | Spring 2008 | Dan Staley | |
| Fall 2006 | Phil Matchett Wood | Spring 2007 | Dan Staley | |
| Fall 2005 | Lara Pudwell | Spring 2006 | Phil Matchett Wood | |
| Fall 2004 | Nick Weininger | Spring 2005 | Jared Speck | |
| Fall 2003 | Paul Ellis | Spring 2004 | Matt Young | |
| Fall 2002 | Michael Weingart | Spring 2003 | Jason Tedor | |
| Fall 2001 | David Galvin | Spring 2002 | Jason Tedor | |
| Fall 2000 | Waldeck Schötzer | Spring 2001 | David Galvin | |
| Fall 1999 | John Cain | Spring 2000 | Yuka Taylor | |
| Fall 1998 | Harri Ojanen | Spring 1999 | Amy Stern |
Award recipients get a prize of USD 50. Winners are selected by a vote of their fellow graduate students.
Recipients of Academic Excellence Awards
| Semester | Winner | Semester |
Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Nilava Metya, Weihao Zheng | Spring 2023 | Caleb Fong, Ching Hsien Lee | |
| Fall 2021 | William Dylan Adams, Minhao Bai | Spring 2022 | Maxwell Aires, Qidong He | |
| Fall 2020 | Hong Chen, Xuanlin Shu | Spring 2021 | Kenneth Alex Dowling, Sriram Raghunath | |
| Fall 2019 | Leonidas Daskalakis, Nathan Mehlhop | Spring 2020 | Charles Kenney | |
| Fall 2018 | Takehiko Gappo, Hamidreza Mahmoudian | Spring 2019 | Rashmika Goswami | |
| Fall 2017 | David Herrera, Yuxuan Yang, Luochen Zhao | Spring 2018 | Songhao Zhu | |
| Fall 2016 | Holly Mandel | Spring 2017 | George Hauser, Xiaoping Zhu | |
| Fall 2015 | Abigail Raz, Keith Frankston | Spring 2016 | Jeaheang Bang, Yukun Yao | |
| Fall 2014 | Jianxiang Gao, Jing Gong | Spring 2015 | Erik de Amorim, Matthew Welsh | |
| Fall 2013 | Pedro Pontes | Spring 2014 | Matthew Charnley, William Cole Franks | |
| Fall 2012 | Ross Berkowitz, Edmund Karasiewicz | Spring 2013 | Jiayin Pan, Fei Qi | |
| Fall 2011 | Bence Borda, Glen Wilson | Spring 2012 | John Kim, Vladimir Lubyshev, Douglas Schultz, Thomas Sznigir |
Award recipients get a prize of USD 100. Winners are selected based on performance on the written qualifying exam.
Other awards
- Rutgers Presidential Award
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- School of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education as a Teaching Assistant:
- 2007: Lara Pudwell
- 2008: Paul Raff
- 2009: Andrew Baxter
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Research from the Graduate School (certificate and check):
- 2001: Clifford Smyth (Ph.D. received in 2001)
- 2002: Juan Davila (Ph.D. received in 2002)
- 2004: Augusto Ponce (Ph.D. received in 2005)
- 2008: Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda (Ph.D. received in 2008)
- 2009: Luc Nguyen (Ph.D. received in 2009)
- 2012: Tianling Jin and Camelia Pop (Ph.D. received in 2012)
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student from the Graduate School
- 2014-5: Kellen Myers (Ph.D. received in 2015)
- Bevier University Fellowship (For advanced students writing their Ph.D. dissertation):
- 2003-4: Matt Young
- 2004-5: Aaron Lauve
- 2005-6: Qinian Jin
- 2006-7: Chris Stucchio
- 2008-9: Luc Nguyen
- 2011-12: Tianling Jin
- 2013-14: Zahra Aminizare
- FAS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education (certificate and check)
- 2001: Amy Stern received this award in 2001
Awards received by alumni
- 2016: Jared Speck was awarded a Rutgers 250 Fellow
- 2014: Lara Pudwell won an MMA Henry L. Alder Award.
- 2012: Daniel Kling receives a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award
- 2011: Roman Holowinsky and Xiaoqing Li each won an A.P. Sloan fellowship.
- 2011: Roman Holowinsky won the SASTRA Ramunujan Prize.
- 2007: Zoltan Szabo won the Oswald Veblen prize (with Peter Ozsvath).
- 1998: David Reimer won the Polya Prize.
- 1997: Jeong Han Kim won the Fulkerson prize.
