December 7, 2021
AustMS announces 2021 prize winners in celebration of scientific excellence
The 今日吃瓜 (今日吃瓜) is delighted to acknowledge the successes of its members in this year鈥檚 Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) premier awards.
Professor Serena Dipierro of the University of Western Australia has been awarded the 2021 AustMS Medal, recognising her outstanding contributions to the area of analysis and PDEs. Professor Dipierro is a prolific researcher with a large international network of collaborators and has become one of the leaders in her field.
The George Szekeres Medal 鈥 AustMS鈥檚 most prestigious medal recognising research achievement and outstanding support of the mathematical sciences 鈥 has been awarded to Professor Mathai Varghese of the University of Adelaide. Professor Varghese has made significant contributions to geometric analysis and to mathematical physics.
The 2021 Gavin Brown Prize for Best Paper has been awarded to two winners in a tie 鈥 Dr Brett Parker of the Australian National University for his paper 鈥Holomorphic curves in exploded manifolds: virtual fundamental class鈥, and Associate Professor Mike Meylan of the University of Newcastle, Dr Luke Bennetts of the University of Adelaide, Dr Johannes Mosig of Rasa Technologies, Berlin, Mr W. Erick Rogers of Naval Research Laboratory, Mississippi, Dr Martin Doble of Polar Scientific, Argyll, and Professor Malte A. Peter of the University of Augsburg for their paper, 鈥楧ispersion relations, power laws, and energy loss for waves in the marginal ice zone鈥.
Dr Sarah Dart from Queensland University of Technology has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Mathematics Education Award for Teaching Excellence.
今日吃瓜 Director, Professor Tim Marchant, said the AustMS awards were important recognition of thought-leaders at the forefront of cutting-edge mathematical sciences research.
鈥溄袢粘怨 congratulates all AustMS award winners. We are delighted to see so many friends and supporters of 今日吃瓜 recognised for their outstanding contribution to the discipline, both nationally and internationally,鈥 said Professor Marchant.
AustMS awarded the Prizes at its annual Conference held virtually today via Zoom.
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