The Graduate Program
Awards Given to Graduate Students
Anderson Memorial Award for best UGA thesis
Jim Haglund (1997), received his PhD in Mathematics in 1993. He is now associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kevin James (2000), received his PhD in Mathematics in 1997. The results in his thesis have appeared in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, considered to be one the top three journals in mathematics. After a postdoc at Penn. State University, Kevin James is now an associate professor at Clemson University.
Ernie Croot (2002), received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2000. The results in his thesis have been accepted for publication in the Annals of Mathematics, considered by many to be the top journal in mathematics. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, Ernie Croot is now associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Graduate Students Excellence in Research Awards
Vitali Vologodsky (2003), received his PhD in Mathematics in 2003. The results in his thesis have appeared in the Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelle's Journal, est. 1826), one of the premier journals in mathematics. He went on to do his postdoc at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Victoria Baramidze (2005), received her PhD in Mathematics in 2005. The results in her thesis have appeared in the SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, considered to be one of the top journals in applied mathematics. Her results found an application in studying geopotentials. She also has a publication in Journal of Geodesy, one of the top journals in geo-sciences. Victoria Baramidze went on to a tenure track assistant professor position without any postdoctoral training. She is now an associate professor at Western Illinois University.
Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award
Brandon Samples (2011)
Pythagoras Award - for excellence in graduate studies
Ted Ashton (2004)
Ted Ashton (2005)
Bobbe Cooper (2007)
Irfan Bagci (2008)
Maxim Arap (2010)
Jim Stankewicz (2011)
David Krumm (2012)
Presentation of B.J. Ball Scholarship Award
Whitney George, Department-Head Elect Malcolm Adams, Leopold Matamba Messi
B.J. Ball Scholarship
Named in honor of Prof. B.J. Ball, longtime colleague (1959-1986)
and department head (1963-1969): this fund endows a graduate student scholarship.
Heunggi Park (2000)
Stephen Donnelly (2001)
Paolo Almeida (2002)
Chad Mullikin (2003)
Michael Guy, Valerie Cormani (2004)
Okkyung Cho, Joe Rusinko (2005)
Maxim Arap (2006)
Maxim Arap, Irfan Bagci (2007)
David Prager, Jie Yu (2008)
Jennifer Belton, HoiTin Kong (2009)
Whitney George, Leopold Matamba Messi, Ben Wyser (2010)
Matt Mastin (2011)
Adrian Brunyate, John Doyle, Alex Rice (2012)
William Armor Wills Memorial Scholarship Award
Vitali Vologodsky (1999)
Daniele Arcara (2000)
Gerard Awanou (2001)
Victoria Baramidze (2002)
Moustapha Pemy (2003)
Sungkon Chang (2004)
Bobbe Cooper (2005)
Peter Petrov (2006)
Jie Yu (2007)
Maxim Arap (2008)
Leopold Matamba Messi (2009)
Jim Stankewicz (2011)
Duy Nguyen (2012)
Department Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Michael Beck (2000)Tanya Cofer, Daniele Arcara (2001)
Graham Mathews (2002)
Jie Zhou (2003)
Victoria Baramidze (2004)
Chad Mullikin (2005)
Joe Rusinko (2006)
Emille Davie (2007)
Bree Ettinger (2008)
Brandon Samples (2009)
Rebecca Gaff (2010)
Stacy Musgrave, Alex Rice (2012)
University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Michael Beck, Eric Pine (2000)
Daniele Arcara, Tanya Cofer (2001)
Victoria Baramidze, Sungkon Chang (2002)
Graham Matthews (2002)
Kenny Little, Jie Zhou (2003)
Michael Guy, Chad Mullikin (2004)
Emille Davie, Joe Rusinko (2005)
Valerie Cormani, Adam Fletcher, Jacob Keenum (2006)
Ted Ashton, Sheree Sharpe (2007)
Irfan Bagci, Kenyon Platt, Stephen Winburn (2008)
Jennifer Belton, David Prager, Brandon Samples (2009)
Maxim Arap, Justin Manning, Matt Mastin (2010)
Whitney George, Maury LeBlanc (2011)
Stacy Musgrave, Joel Oakley, Alex Rice (2012)
Presentation of Wills Memorial Scholarship Award
Department Head Joe Fu, Leopold Matamba Messi
Presentation of Teaching Award
Department-Head Elect Malcolm Adams, Rebecca Gaff
Presentation of Teaching Awards
Department Head Joe Fu, Brandon Samples, Jennifer Belton
