Lia Bronsard (b. 14 March 1963[1]) is a Canadian mathematician and the former president of the Canadian Mathematical Society.[2] She is a professor of mathematics at McMaster University.[3]
Lia Bronsard | |
|---|---|
 Bronsard at Oberwolfach in 2022 | |
| Born | March 14, 1963 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Title | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert V. Kohn |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Institutions | McMaster University |
Contributions
editIn her research, she has used geometric flows to model the interface dynamics of reaction–diffusion systems.[3] Other topics in her research include pattern formation, grain boundaries, and vortices in superfluids.[4]
Education and career
editBronsard is originally from Québec. She did her undergraduate studies at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1983,[4] and earned her PhD in 1988 from New York University under the supervision of Robert V. Kohn.[5]
After short-term positions at Brown University, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Carnegie Mellon University, she moved to McMaster in 1992.[4] She was president of the Canadian Mathematical Society for 2014–2016.[2][6]
Recognition
editBronsard was the 2010 winner of the Krieger–Nelson Prize.[4] In 2018 the Canadian Mathematical Society listed her in their inaugural class of fellows.[7]
Selected publications
edit- Bronsard, Lia; Kohn, Robert V. (1990), "On the slowness of phase boundary motion in one space dimension", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 43 (8): 983–997, Bibcode:1990STIN...9121480B, doi:10.1002/cpa.3160430804, MR 1075075
- Bronsard, Lia; Kohn, Robert V. (1991), "Motion by mean curvature as the singular limit of Ginzburg–Landau dynamics", Journal of Differential Equations, 90 (2): 211–237, Bibcode:1991JDE....90..211B, doi:10.1016/0022-0396(91)90147-2, MR 1101239
- Bronsard, Lia; Reitich, Fernando (1993), "On three-phase boundary motion and the singular limit of a vector-valued Ginzburg–Landau equation", Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 124 (4): 355–379, Bibcode:1993ArRMA.124..355B, doi:10.1007/BF00375607, MR 1240580, S2CID 123291032
References
edit- ^ Curriculum vitae for Lia Bronsard (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-26, retrieved 2017-10-26
- ^ a b Baulcomb, Andrew (December 12, 2013), "'I'm very pleased to have been elected, and especially to have come from McMaster'", Daily News, McMaster University, retrieved 2017-08-13
- ^ a b "Bronsard, Lia", Faculty profile, McMaster University Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, archived from the original on 2019-04-21, retrieved 2017-08-13
- ^ a b c d Three Honoured for Outstanding Research Achievements, Canadian Mathematical Society, April 3, 2009, retrieved 2017-08-13
- ^ Lia Bronsard at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ CMS Presidents 1945–2016 (PDF), Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2017-08-13
- ^ Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows, Canadian Mathematical Society, December 7, 2018
External links
edit- Home page
- Lia Bronsard publications indexed by Google Scholar