New Faculty and Promotions

This year the Department welcomes two new faculty members.

Charles Doran (Assistant Professor), Ph.D. Harvard, 1999. Professor Doran works in string theory.

Vitaly Vologodsky (Acting Assistant Professor), Ph.D. Georgia, 2003. Professor Vologodsky is an algebraic geometer.

During the last academic year, the Department promoted Eric Babson, Chris Hoffman, and Rekha Thomas from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, with tenure. Professor Babson works in algebraic combinatorics and topology; Professor Hoffman's research is in ergodic theory and discrete probability; and Professor Thomas does computational algebra.

Zhen-Qing Chen was also promoted, from Associate Professor to Professor; he works in probability and stochastic analysis.