Emily E. Witt
Emily Elspeth Witt is an American mathematician, an associate professor and Keeler Intra-University Professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas. Her research involves commutative algebra, representation theory, and singularity theory.
Education and career
[edit]Witt is a 2005 graduate of the University of Chicago, where she majored in mathematics with a specialization in computer science.[1] She completed her Ph.D. in 2011 at the University of Michigan. Her dissertation, Local cohomology and group actions, was supervised by Melvin Hochster.[2]
After working as a Dunham Jackson Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota from 2011 to 2014, and as a research assistant professor at the University of Utah from 2014 to 2015, she obtained a tenure-track assistant professorship at the University of Kansas in 2015. She was promoted to associate professor in 2020,[1] and named Keeler Intra-University Professor for 2021–2022.[1][3]
Recognition
[edit]Witt is the 2022–2023 winner of the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Curriculum vitae (PDF), March 2022, retrieved 2022-04-15
- ^ Emily E. Witt at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Emily Witt Receives Keeler Intra-University Professorship, University of Kansas Department of Mathematics, September 10, 2021, retrieved 2022-04-15
- ^ "The Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize", Department Awards, Cornell University Department of Mathematics, retrieved 2022-04-15
