Michael Dorff

Michael John Dorff is a mathematician at Brigham Young University known for his work in undergraduate research, popularizing mathematics, and harmonic mappings.

Michael Dorff
Michael Dorff
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Known forHarmonic mappings, undergraduate research
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBrigham Young University
ThesisThe Inner Mapping Radius And Construction Of Harmonic, Univalent Mappings Of The Unit Disk (1997)
Doctoral advisorTed Joe Suffridge

Life and career

Dorff taught high school for four years after receiving his BA in Mathematics Education.[1] He received his MS from University of New Hampshire[1] followed by a Ph.D. from University of Kentucky in 1997.[2] He taught at University of Missouri-Rolla until he was hired by Brigham Young University in 2000.[1]

Dorff is the founder of the NSF-funded Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics[3][4] and the co-founder of the NSF-funded PIC Math program.[5][6]

Awards and honors

From 2005 to 2006, Dorff was a Fulbright scholar in Poland.[1]

In 2009, Dorff received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.[3]

In 2012, Dorff became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7] In 2017, Dorff was elected President of the Mathematical Association of America, to serve 2018–2020.[8]

Selected publications
  • Dorff, Michael; Nowak, Maria. Landau's theorem for planar harmonic mappings. Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 4 (2004), no. 1, 151–158.
  • Dorff, Michael. Convolutions of planar harmonic convex mappings. Complex Variables Theory Appl. 45 (2001), no. 3, 263–271.
  • Dorff, Michael; Nowak, Maria; Wołoszkiewicz, Magdalena. Convolutions of harmonic convex mappings. Complex Var. Elliptic Equ. 57 (2012), no. 5, 489–503.

References
  1. "Distinguished Lectures in Mathematics Wednesday, April 7th – Friday, April 9th. Michael Dorff, Professor of Mathematics" (PDF). Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
  2. Michael John Dorff at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "BYU's Michael Dorff wins top mathematics teaching award". BYU News. Jan 7, 2009. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
  4. "CURM home page". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015. CURM is funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) grant #DMS-0636648 / #DMS-1148695, among other sources.
  5. "PIC Math - Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved Feb 9, 2015.
  6. "PIC Math - Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved Feb 9, 2015.
  7. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  8. Mathematical Association of America election results
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