UCLA MATHEMATICS FACULTY HONORS & AWARDS

*denotes current Professor Emeritus status (retired faculty)
**no longer at UCLA

MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIES

A. Bertozzi
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
R. Caflisch
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
L. Carleson*
Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Corresponding member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Danish Academy of Sciences, Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Royal Society, London, and Finnish Academy of Sciences.
B. Engquist**
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. Member of the Swedish Academy of Engineering Science.
M. Green
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
C. Khare
Fellow of the Royal Society
H. Kreiss*
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the AAAS
T. Liggett*
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
T. Martin
Fellow of the AAAS, Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Y. Moschovakis*
Corresponding member of The Academy of Athens.
T. Mountford**
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
S. Osher
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the National Academy of Sciences
P. Roberts**
Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Fellow of the American Geophysics Union. Member of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences.
L. Shapley*
Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
R. Steinberg*
Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
T. Tao
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences

PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS

A. Bertozzi
Maria Geoppert-Mayer Distinguished Scholar, Argonne National Lab (1995-96), SIAM Fellow (2010)
R. Brown
Lester R. Ford Award for mathematical exposition (MAA, 1984).
R. Caflisch
SIAM Fellow (2009)
L. Carleson*
Steel Prize for a research paper of fundamental and lasting importance (AMS, 1984). Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics (1992). Celsius Medal.
T. Chan*
SIAM Fellow (2010)
S-Y A. Chang**
UCLA Outstanding Woman of Science Award (1988). AMS Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize (1995).
B. Engquist**
SIAM Prize in numerical analysis and scientific computing (SIAM, 1982). Celsius Medal (1992). Wallmark Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1985).
T. Gamelin*
Alexander von Humboldt Award (1986).
J. Garnett
Steele Prize (2003)
M. Gu**
Householder Prize (1996).
A. Hales*
Polya Prize in combinatorics (joint with Rothschild) (SIAM, 1973).
G. Hjorth
Karp Prize (ASL, 2003)
H. Hida
Spring Prize (Math. Soc. Japan, 1992).
R. Jennrich*
Best Article in Technometrics Award (1976).
C. Khare
Infosys Prize (2010), Cole Prize in Number Theory (2011).
H. Kreiss*
Celsius Medal (1985). Forsythe Prize (1985). Public Service Medal (NASA, 1992). National Academy of the Sciences Award (2002).
G. Liu
AMS Centennial Fellowship (1997).
K. Liu 
Morningside Gold Medal of the Mathematics, Morningside Gold Medal in Applied Math (3rd Int.l Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, Hong Kong 2003).
D. Martin
Karp Prize (ASL, 1988).
A. Merkurjev
Alexander von Humboldt Award (1995), Cole Prize in Algebra (AMS, 2012).
T. Mountford**
Rollo Davidson Prize (1994).
I. Neeman
Simons Fellowship (2012).
S. Osher
Public Service Group Achievement Award (NASA, 1992), Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Mechanics Award (2003), ICIAM Pioneer Prize (SIAM 2003), Kleinman Prize (SIAM 2005), SIAM Fellow (2009).
R. Perez-Marco**
European Math. Society (1996). Prox Peccot, College de France (1994). IBM Research Prize in Mathematics (1993).
S. Popa
Simion Stoilow Prize of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1981), Ostrowski Prize (2009), Chaire Blaise Pascal (2009), E. H. Moore Research Article Prize (2010), Simons Fellowship (2012)
P. Roberts*
Fleming Medal of the Am. Geophys. Union (1999).
B. Rothschild
Polya Prize in combinatorics (joint with A. Hales) (SIAM, 1973).
Y. Shalom
Erdos Prize (2007)
L. Shapley*
von Neumann Prize in game theory and linear programming (SIAM, 1981).
D. Shlyakhtenko
Clay Math Institute Prize Fellow (2003)
J. Steel**
Karp Prize (ASL, 1988).
R. Steinberg*
Steel Prize (1985).
M. Takesaki
Fujihara Prize (1990).
T. Tao
Packard Fellowship (1999-2000). Clay Math Institute Award (2000). Salem Prize (2000). Maxime Bocher Prize (2002), 2003 Clay Research Award, American Mathematical Society (AMS) Conant Prize (2005), Ostrowski Prize (2005), Fields Medal (2006), MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant (2006), The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, Research Academy (SASTRA), Ramanujan Prize (2006), Fellow of the Royal Society of London (2007), Alan T. Waterman (2008), King Fiasal International Prize (2010), Nemmers Prize (2010), Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2012).
J. Teran
Presidential Early Career Award, PECASE (2011).
C. Thiele
Salem Prize (1997). Dean's Marshall Award (2000) Humboldt Research Award (2009), Pólya Prize, SIAM (2010).
V. Varadarajan
Lars Onsager Medal (1998).
M. Visan
Clay Liftoff Fellowship (2006).
L.-S. Young**
Satter Prize outstanding contribution to math research by a woman (AMS, 1993).

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS LECTURES

1962:
L. Carleson*
1966:
L. Carleson* (plenary), R. Steinberg*
1970:
M. Takesaki*
1974:
H. Kreiss* (plenary), Y. Moschovakis*, V. Varadarajan
1978:
R. Edwards* (plenary), D. Gieseker, D. Martin
1983:
S. Y. Cheng*, B. Engquist**, G. Eskin
1986:
S.-Y. A. Chang**, E. Effros, J. Garnett, T. Liggett*, H. Hida, A. Merkurjev
1990:
L. Carleson*, M. Christ**, R. Lazarsfeld**, S. Popa, J. Steel**
1994:
J. Li**, S. Osher, C. Sogge**, L.-S. Young**
1998:
J. Chayes**, B. Engquist**, M. Green*, G. Hjorth, R. Schonmann, W. Duke
2002:
K. Liu, E. Tadmor, T. Tao, C. Thiele
2006:
R. Caflisch, I. Neeman, Ozawa**, S. Popa (plenary) Y. Shalom, T. Tao (plenary)
2010:
P. Balmer, C. Khare, S. Osher (plenary), D. Shlyakhtenko, B. Sudakov

HOUR PLENARY INVITED ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING OF A MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

A. Bertozzi
AMS-MAA Joint meeting, 1999; 3rd SIAM Meeting on Materials Science, 2000; MPS Distinguished Lecture, NSF, 2002, AMS_MAA joint meeting, 2005.
L. Carleson*
AMS, 1986
T. Chan*
SIAM, 1989; Joint Math Meeting AMS/SIAM/MAA 2002; ICCM 2001
S.-Y. A. Chang**
AMS, 1982; AMS, 1990
R. Edwards*
AMS, 1978
B. Engquist**
SIAM, 1982; European Congress of Mathematics, 1992; European Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 1991
E. Effros
AMS, 1982
T. Ferguson*
IMS, 1972
T. Gamelin
AMS Western Regional Meeting, 1971
J. Garnett
AMS, 1979
D. Gieseker
AMS, 1983
M. Green*
AMS 2001
H.-O. Kreiss*
Second World Congress on Computational Mechanics, 1990
K.-C. Li
JASA, 1990
T. Liggett*
Wald Lecture, 1996
K. Liu
ICCM, 2001
D. Martin
AMS, 1976; ASL, 1986; ALS (Gödel Lecture), 1994
A. Merkurjev
Eruopean Congress of Math, 1992 and 1996
Y. Moschovakis*
AMS, 1984; ASL, 1986
S. Osher
SIAM, 1986
R. Perez-Marco**
European Mathematical Congress, 1996
S. Popa
AMS Joint Math. Meetings, 1999
J. Ralston
AMS, 1978
M. Schacher*
AMS, 1978
J. Steel**
ASL, 1979 and 1989
M. Takesaki
AMS, 1982
V.S. Varadarajan
AMS, 1966 and 1991
J. White
SIAM, 1990; Canadian Mathematical Congress, 1987
D. Ylvisaker*
IMS, 1984; Canadian Mathematical Congress, 1969
L.-S. Young**
AMS, 1985 and 1998; International Congress of Mathematical Physics, 1983 and 1991; SIAM, 1999

NSF/CBMSREGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE LECTURERS

M. Christ**
R. Edwards*
E. Effros
T. Ferguson*
S. Popa
M. Takesaki*
C. Thiele
1989
1978
1979
1974
1993
1981
2004

GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS

A. Chang**
E. Effros
B. Engquist**
H. Hida
C. Khare
K.-C. Li
T. Liggett*
K. Liu
D. Martin
Y. Moschovakis*
S. Popa
R. Schonmann*
M. Takesaki*
L.-S. Young**
1998
1982
1991
1991
2008
1993
1997
2002
1989
1968
1995
1999
1973
1997

SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

C. Anderson
A. Bertozzi
M. Bestvina**
R. Caflisch
S.-Y. A. Chang**
J. Chayes**
L. Chayes
S.-Y. Cheng*
M. Christ**
W. Duke
R. Edwards*
R. Elman
T. Gamelin*
M. Green*
R. Greene
M. Gu**
M. Hitrik
G. Hjorth
R. Killip
I. Kim
R. Lazarsfeld**
J. Li**
T. Liggett*
D. Martin
G. Mess
Y. Moschovakis*
T. Mountford**
S. Osher
N. Ozawa**
R. Perez-Marco**
P. Petersen
J. Ralston
S. Roch
J. Rogawski
M. Roper
B. Rothschild
D. Shlyakhtenko C. Sogge**
J. Steel**
T. Tao
C. Thiele
V.S. Varadarajan
L. Vese
M. Visan
L.-S. Young**
1987
1995
1988
1984
1979
1989
1989
1977
1986
1990
1975
1976
1969
1976
1975
1998
2006
1997
2004
2008
1984
1994
1973
1971
1991
1970
1992
1972
2005
1997
1990
1974
2012
1986
2012
1973
2001
1988
1981
1999
2000
1967
2003
2010
1985

PRESIDENTIAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS/NSF YOUNG INVESTIGATORS/FACULTY AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/NSF CAREER AWARD

C. Anderson
A. Bertozzi
M. Bestvina**
M. Christ**
M. Gu**
R. Lazarsfeld**
T. Mountford**
P. Petersen
I. Neeman
C. Sogge**
C. Thiele
J. Teran
L.-S. Young**
1987
1996
1988
1986
1997
1985
1991
1992
2001
1989
2000
2010
1991

UCLA FACULTY RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM SERIES

A. Bertozzi
2005-06
W. Duke
2004-05
T. Liggett*
2009-10
S. Osher
2007-08
T. Tao
2006-07

FACULTY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

I. Neeman
2001

HONARARY DEGREES

L. Carleson*
H.-O. Kreiss*
Y. Moschovakis*
S. Osher
L. Shapley*
V.S. Varadarajan
U. Paris VI, 1988
ETH, 1998
U. Athens, 1987
ENS, de Cachan, 2006
Hebrew U., 1986
U. Genoa, 1992

HONORABLE PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

A. Chang**
AMS, Vice President (1989-91)
J. Chayes**
AMS, Vice President (1998- )
B. Engquist**
Member, IMU Executive Committee (1995- )

DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS

UCLA Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award:
R. Sorgenfrey*
(1963, the premiere year for this campus award)

R. Redheffer*
(1968)

K. Baker*
(1973)

S. Krantz**
(1979)

J. White*
(1979)

J. Garnett
(1989)

C. Anderson
(2002)

D. Shlyakhtenko
(2004)

T. Tao
(2005)

V. Varadarajan
(2007)

L. Vese
(2010)
UCLA lecturer award:
D. Cohen
(1986)
Southern California MAA Award:
D. Cohen
(1993)
UCLA Panhellenic Council Outstanding Professor commendation:
R. Brown
(1991)
UCLA Golden Circle Award for Undergraduate Teaching:
R. Brown
(1990)
UCLA Mortar Board
Teaching Award :
J. Chayes**
(1993)

OTHER RECOGNITION

A. Hales*
Commencement Speaker at UC Berkeley (2001)
 


 


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