Rebecca Goldin

Rebecca Goldin
Nationality American
Alma mater Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
Known for Work on Hamiltonian actions and symplectic quotients
Awards

Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize

AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer 2008
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions George Mason University
Thesis The Cohomology of Weight Varieties
Doctoral advisor Victor Guillemin
Website math.gmu.edu/~rgoldin/

Rebecca Freja Goldin is an American mathematician who works as a professor of mathematical sciences at George Mason University[1] and director of the Statistical Assessment Service, a nonprofit organization associated with GMU that aims to improve the use of statistics in journalism.[2] Her mathematical research concerns symplectic geometry, including work on Hamiltonian actions and symplectic quotients.[3]

After graduating with honors in mathematics from Harvard University,[4] Goldin studied in France for a year with Bernard Teissier at the École Normale Supérieure,[5] pursuing research on toric varieties.[3] She completed her Ph.D. in 1999 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Victor Guillemin.[6] After postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland, she joined the GMU faculty in 2001.[4][5]

She was the inaugural winner of the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), in 2007.[3][5] She was also the 2008 AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer, speaking on "The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Media".[7]

References

  1. ↑ GMU Math Faculty, retrieved 2016-06-30.
  2. ↑ about STATS.org, retrieved 2016-06-30.
  3. 1 2 3 Rebecca Goldin selected as first recipient of Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize (PDF), Association for Women in Mathematics, March 28, 2007 .
  4. 1 2 An Interview with Rebecca Goldin, Mathematical Association of America, October 31, 2008, retrieved 2016-06-30.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mathematics Professor Goldin Receives First Michler Prize", The Mason Gazette, March 30, 2007 .
  6. ↑ Rebecca Goldin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ↑ Rebecca Goldin named 2008 Falconer Lecturer (PDF), Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2016-07-06 .
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