Chikako Mese
Chikako Mese | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Dayton (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | differential geometry, geometric analysis |
| Institutions | Connecticut College Johns Hopkins University |
| Thesis | Minimal Surfaces and Conformal Mappings Into Singular Spaces (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Schoen |
Chikako Mese is an American mathematician known for her work in differential geometry, geometric analysis and the theory of harmonic maps. She is a professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Education and career[edit]
Mese graduated from Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) in 1987.[2] As a softball player at Elk Grove, she broke the national record for the number of runs scored in a season, with 69 runs.[3][4] Although primarily a catcher, she played in seven different positions for her team, and also tied the state record for the most walks in a season, 35.[5][4]
She earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from the honors program at the University of Dayton, majoring in mathematics,[6] and completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at Stanford University in 1996. Her dissertation, Minimal Surfaces and Conformal Mappings Into Singular Spaces, was supervised by Richard Schoen.[7]
Before joining the Johns Hopkins University faculty in 2004 as an associate professor,[8] she held assistant professorships at the University of Southern California and Connecticut College.[6] At Johns Hopkins, she became the first tenured female mathematician.[2] She was promoted to full professor in 2007, and chaired the mathematics department from 2008 to 2011.[8]
Recognition[edit]
In 2007, Elk Grove High School recognized Mese as a distinguished alumna.[2] She was named a Simons Fellow by the Simons Foundation in 2017.[8] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in the 2020 Class, for "contributions to the theory of harmonic maps and their applications, and for service to the mathematical community".[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chikako Mese", Directory, Johns Hopkins University Mathematics, retrieved 2019-11-03
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ahern, Sheila (October 2, 2007), "District 214 to honor alumni", Daily Herald
- ^ "Elk Grove wins regional, record falls", Chicago Tribune, June 2, 1987
- ^ Jump up to: a b IHSA Girls Softball All-Time Records, Illinois High School Association, retrieved 2019-11-03
- ^ Young, Linda (June 15, 1987), "Morton star leads softball team", Chicago Tribune
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Chikako Mese, Class of 1991", Alumni: Experiences in higher education, Honors Ink: News and notes from the University of Dayton's Honors Program, p. 5, January 2011
- ^ Chikako Mese at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hirsch, Arthur (March 24, 2017), "Two Hopkins mathematicians among winners of Simons Fellowships", Hub, Johns Hopkins University, retrieved 2019-11-03
- ^ 2020 Class of the Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2019-11-03
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- Living people
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Connecticut College faculty
- Differential geometers
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- Stanford University alumni
- University of Dayton alumni
- University of Southern California faculty
- 20th-century American women mathematicians
- 21st-century American women mathematicians