Jennifer McLoud-Mann

Jennifer McLoud-Mann is a Native American[1][2][3] mathematician known for her 2015 discovery, with Casey Mann and undergraduate student David Von Derau, of the 15th and last class of convex pentagons to tile the plane.[2][4][5][6][7] She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington Bothell, where she chairs the division of engineering and mathematics. Beyond tiling, her research interests include knot theory and combinatorics.[8]

Education

McLoud-Mann is a 1997 graduate of East Central University in Oklahoma.[9] She completed her Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Arkansas. Her dissertation in commutative algebra, supervised by Mark Ray Johnson, was On a Certain Family of Determinantal-Like Ideals.[9][10]

Career

Upon completing her doctorate, McLoud-Mann joined the University of Texas at Tyler faculty. In addition, she was associate dean of arts and sciences from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, she moved to the University of Washington Bothell where she is currently (as of July 2018) a professor and chair of the engineering and mathematics division.[9] She won the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member of the Mathematical Association of America in 2008.[11]

Personal life

Dr. Mcloud-Mann is Cherokee.[3] She was the first in her family to obtain a college degree.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Professor", Faculty Mentor Biographies, UWB Math REU Program, University of Washington Bothell, retrieved 2018-06-08
  2. 1 2 3 Mulcahy, Colm (October 28, 2015), Martin Gardner at 101 ("It's as not-so-easy as 3, 4, 5"), Scientific American
  3. 1 2 Native Americans in STEM Disciplines (PDF), The Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Oklahome State University, retrieved 2018-06-08
  4. ↑ Siegel, Robert; Rehmeyer, Julie (August 14, 2015), Scientists Discover 15th Convex Pentagon Able To Tile A Plane, NPR
  5. ↑ "Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile", Mathematics: Alex Bellos's Adventures in Numberland, The Guardian, August 11, 2015
  6. ↑ Freeman, David (August 19, 2015), "Historic 'Tile' Discovery Gives Math World A Big Jolt: It's the first such find in 30 years", Huffington Post
  7. ↑ Honner, Patrick (December 11, 2017), "The (Math) Problem With Pentagons", Quanta Magazine
  8. ↑ Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Division Chair; Professor, University of Washington Bothell, retrieved 2018-06-08
  9. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2018-06-08
  10. ↑ Jennifer McLoud-Mann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  11. ↑ Henry L. Alder Award, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-06-08
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