Congratulations to Gabriela Hernandez (MSED PhD student) on being named a Grad SLAM 2025 Finalist! 

Out of 61 graduate students who entered this year’s competition, only 10 were selected as Finalists—and Gabriela’s outstanding research presentation earned her a spot among them!

UC San Diego’s Grad SLAM is a UC-wide competition that challenges grad students to communicate the significance of their research in just three minutes, using language accessible to a general audience. It’s all about sharpening public speaking skills, showcasing cutting-edge research, and celebrating the power of clear and compelling communication.

We’re so proud of Gabriela for representing our MSED community with excellence! 

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Carol & George Lattimer Award for Graduate Excellence math major recipient, Sawyer Robertson!

Two of our remarkable PhD students have been selected for inclusion in the Student Spotlight section of the Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs website.  Lillian McPherson, a student in algebraic geometry with Elham Izadi and Sawyer Robertson, a student in applied graph theory with Alex Cloninger, were chosen to represent the Math department in this year's Spotlight.  Be sure to check out their profiles, and those of students from across the university, here.

The Mathematics department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023-24 TA Awards

• Soumya Ganguly - noted for the overall outstanding quality of his teaching and exceptional sense of responsibility, both inside and outside the classroom.
• JJ Garzella -  commended for his work ethic and leadership in Math 100A, and for his initiative and dedication in the organization of a reading course on commutative algebra
• Gregory Patchell - praised for his command over the course material in the Math 180 sequence and his ability to communicate ideas at any level of sophistication that is demanded from students.

Please join us in celebrating this year's awardees!

Brian Kha Tran has been announced as the School of Physical Sciences recipient of the 2024 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal.  This award, established in Spring 2013, recognizes exceptional doctoral research.  Recipients of this award are chosen based upon the quality of academic research as determined by the impact of the research to the field and/or department; the insight, originality and creativity shown by the author; the effectiveness of the writing, clarity and organization of the thesis; and the soundness of the methodology and quality of the data.

Brian's dissertation was "Geometric Variational Integrators for Multisymplectic PDEs and Adjoint Systems."  His doctoral advisor was Professor Melvin Leok.

The Directed Reading Program in Mathematics pairs undergraduate participants with graduate student mentors to read a selected math text/paper.  It is designed to give undergraduates the ability to explore topics they might not see in the standard curriculum in a fun and stress-free environment.

Aimed at UCSD undergraduate Mathematics majors, the program could be suitable for undergraduates from any major who would like to further explore the field - applicants must have completed (or be in the process of taking) one of the Math 100/200, 220, or 140/240 series.

For more information, please go to the DRP website

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Carol & George Lattimer Award for Graduate Excellence math major recipient, Hui Tan!

Congratulations to Zhouli Xu as a recent recipient of the Frontiers of Science Awards at the Inaugural International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) Conference. Read more.

The Mathematics department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-23 TA Awards

• David Cavender - commended for his passion for teaching and concern for students as he took an active role in the courses he TA'd
• Varun Khurana -  singled out for his dedication in developing real-world projects for students in Math 102
• Richard Yi - nominated for his compassion, knowledge and organization; making countless worksheets and topic summaries for students in Math 109 and 154 
• Wei Yin - was recommended for his ability to lead students towards a deeper appreciation of the beauty of Algebraic Number Theory

Please join us in celebrating this year's awardees!

After review of the many applications, the Graduate Awards Committee congratulates the following three PhD students on being named recipients of the Powell Dissertation Award:

Rusiru Gambheera Arachchige (Advisor: Cristian Popescu)

Shubham Sinha (Advisor: Dragos Oprea)

Brian Tran (Advisor: Melvin Leok)