International Congress of Mathematicians Invited Lectures
- József Balogh, 2018
- Philippe Di Francesco, 2018
- Lou van den Dries, 1990 and 2018
- Zoltán Füredi*, 1994
- Wolfgang Haken*, 1978
- Sergei Ivanov, 1998
- Rinat Kedem, 2014
- Peter Loeb*, 1983
- Anand Pillay*, 1994
- Charles Rezk, 2014
- Slawomir Solecki, 2014
*denotes Professor Emeritus status
Prizes
| József Balogh | George Pólya Prize in Combinatorics, SIAM, 2016 |
| Bruce Berndt | Allendorfer Award, MAA, 1979; Ford Award, MAA, 1989, 1994; Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, AMS, 1996 |
| Peter Braunfeld* | Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Mathematics Award, Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2015 |
| John P. D'Angelo* | Bergman Prize, 1999 |
| Lou van den Dries | Karp Prize, Association for Symbolic Logic, 2018; Shoenfield Prize, Association for Symbolic Logic, 2018 |
| Kevin Ford | Co-winner, $10,000 Erdos Prize for Solution of the Large Prime Gaps Problem, 2016 |
| Philippe Di Francesco | L.E. Rivot Prize and Laplace Medal of the French Academie des Sciences, 1985 |
| Wolfgang Haken* | Fulkerson Prize, AMS/MPS, 1979 |
| C. Ward Henson* | 2013 Shoenfield Prize, Association for Symbolic Logic |
| Julian Palmore | Military Operations Research Society Award for Excellence, 2000; American Rocket Society Award, 1960 |
| Anand Pillay* | Humboldt Foundation Research Prize, 2001 |
| Derek J.S. Robinson* | Sir Edmund Whittaker Prize, Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 1970; Senior Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1979 |
| Slawomir Solecki | Scientific Prize, Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2010 |
| Kenneth Stolarsky* | Ford Award, MAA, 2006 |
| Philippe Tondeur* | Public Service Award, SIAM, 2002; SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, 2008 |
| Chelsea Walton | André Lichnerowicz Prize in Poisson Geometry, 2018 |
| Douglas B. West* | 2013 West Lake Friendship Award of Zhejiang Province, China |
| John E. Wetzel* | Ford Award, MAA, 2005; Pólya Award, MAA, 2006 |
| Alexander Yong | G. de B. Robinson Award, Canadian Mathematical Society, 2011 |
Membership in Academies
| Lou van den Dries | Corresponding member, Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences |
| Robert Fossum* | Foreign member of the Sciences Section, 1994, Det Kongelig Norske Videnskabers Selskab (DKNVS) (The Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters); Fellow, 2002, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| Zoltán Füredi* | Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2004 |
| Aimo Hinkkanen | Foreign member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2005 |
| Julian Palmore | Member, Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS), 2007; Fellow, World Innovation Foundation, 2002; Fellow, Explorers Club of New York, 1988 |
| Philippe Tondeur* | Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2009; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010 |
NSF and Presidential Awards
- Scott Ahlgren, NSF CAREER Award, 2002
- József Balogh, NSF CAREER Award, 2008
- Philipp Hieronymi, NSF CAREER Award, 2017
- Vera Hur, NSF CAREER Award, 2014
- Kay Kirkpatrick, NSF CAREER Award, 2013
- Igor Mineyev, NSF CAREER Award, 2002
Invited Plenary Hour Address at a Meeting of a Professional Society
| Bruce Berndt | Canadian Mathematical Society, 1987; Indian Mathematical Society, 1988; Australian Mathematical Society, 2005; Annual Meeting of Mathematicians (AMM), Thailand, 2015 |
| Jared Bronski | SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, 2012 |
| Philippe Di Francesco | ICMP International Congress of Mathematical Physics, 2012; AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting, 1998 |
| Harold Diamond* | AMS, 1981 |
| Nathan Dunfield | AMS Southeastern Sectional, 2009 |
| E. Graham Evans Jr.* | AMS, 1981 |
| Kevin Ford | AMS Central Section, 2011 |
| Robert Fossum* | AMS Central Section, 1980 |
| Zoltán Füredi* | Joint Meeting of the AMS and the South African Math Society, Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa, 2011; Canadian Mathematical Society, 1998 |
| Aimo Hinkkanen | Fifth Australian Mathematics Convention, 1997 |
| Vera Hur | AMS Central Sectional, 2015 |
| Sheldon Katz | AMS Central Sectional, 1998 |
| Richard Laugesen | Illinois Sectional Meeting, Mathematical Association of America, 2016 |
| Chris Leininger | AMS Central Sectional, 2012 |
| Peter Loeb* | AMS, 1987; Swedish Mathematical Society, 1988; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1989 |
| Tom Nevins | AMS Central Sectional, 2016 |
| Howard Osborn* | AMS Western Sectional, 1973 |
| Anand Pillay* | Korean Association for Mathematical Logic, 2016; .Asian Logic Conference, Mumbai, 2015; ASL Winter meeting, San Antonio, 2015; Canadian Mathematical Society, 2003 |
| Charles Rezk | AMS Central Sectional, 2016 |
| Bruce Reznick | AMS Southeastern Sectional, 2010 |
| Philippe Tondeur* | AMS, 1976 |
| Jeremy Tyson | AMS Southeastern Section, 2011 |
| Chelsea Walton | AMS Western Section, 2016 |
| Jang-Mei Wu | AMS Central Sectional, 1990 |
Distinguished Lecturer Series
| Bruce Berndt | Mahler Lecturer, Australian Mathematical Society, 2005 |
| Philippe Di Francesco | Minerva Foundation Lectures, Columbia University, 2015 |
| Lou van den Dries | Tarski Lecture, University of California at Berkeley, 2017 |
| Tom Nevins | National Academy of Sciences-Cinvestav Lecturer, Mexico City, 2008 |
| Julian Palmore | Sigma Xi National Lecturer, 1989-91 |
| Anand Pillay* | Britton Lectures, McMaster University, 1996; Southwest Center for Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, 2003; Tarski Lectures, Berkeley, 2009; Godel Lecture, Association of Symbolic Logic, Barcelona, 2011. |
| Philippe Tondeur* | Argonne Lecture, Emory University, 1987 |
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships
- Jared Bronski, 2001
- Nathan Dunfield, 2004
- E. Graham Evans, Jr.*, 1973
- Phillip Griffith*, 1971
- A.J. Hildebrand*, 1988
- Aimo Hinkkanen, 1991
- Vera Mikyoung Hur, 2012
- Sergei Ivanov, 1995
- Robert Kaufman*, 1970
- Randy McCarthy, 1996
- Bruce Reznick, 1983
- Susan Tolman, 1998
- Chelsea Walton, 2017
Other National Fellowships
- József Balogh, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2013
- Bruce Berndt, Guggenheim Fellowship, 1998
- Jared Bronski, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2012
- Philippe Di Francesco, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2019
- Nathan Dunfield, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2012
- Rui Loja Fernandes, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2018
- Robert Fossum*, Fulbright Fellow, Norway, 1967-68
- Vera Hur, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2016
- Rinat Kedem, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2019
- Kay Kirkpatrick, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2017
- Richard Laugesen, Maclaurin Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, 2003
- Xiaochun Li, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2019
- Tom Nevins, Simons Foundation Fellow, 2017; All Souls Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford, 2012
- Charles Rezk, AMS Centennial Fellowship, 1999-2000
- Douglas B. West*, 1000 Talent Program of the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs of the central government of China, 2012-15
AMS Fellows
- Thomas Nevins, 2020
- Jang-Mei Wu, 2020
- Stephanie Alexander*, 2014
- Bruce Berndt, 2013
- Richard Bishop*, 2013
- Steve Bradlow, 2018
- John D'Angelo*, 2014
- Harold Diamond*, 2013
- Nathan Dunfield, 2013
- Rui Loja Fernandes, 2017
- Kevin Ford, 2013
- Robert Fossum*, 2013
- Sergei Ivanov, 2019
- Carl Jockusch*, 2015
- Marius Junge, 2017
- IIya Kapovich, 2013
- Sheldon Katz, 2013
- Peter Loeb*, 2013
- Howard Osborn*, 2013
- Anand Pillay*, 2013
- Charles Rezk, 2015
- Bruce Reznick, 2013
- Paul Schupp*, 2013
- Philippe Tondeur*, 2013
- Jeremy Tyson, 2013
- John Walter*, 2013
- Alexandru Zaharescu, 2017
External Professional Service Positions
| Matthew Ando | Council Member, AMS, 2011-2014 |
| Philippe Di Francesco | Member Scientific Advisory Committee, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, 2014-present |
| Nathan Dunfield | AMS Council, Member at Large, 2017-2020 |
| Robert Fossum* | AAAS Nominating Committee 2009-2012; AMS Nominating Committee, 2001-2004; Secretary, AMS, 1989-99 |
| Phillip Griffith* | AMS Nominating Committee, 2004-2006 |
| C. Ward Henson* | Secretary-Treasurer, Association for Symbolic Logic, 1982-2001 |
| Sheldon Katz | Member-at-Large of the Section on Mathematics, AAAS, 2012-2016; AMS Nominating Committee, 2008-2011; Council Member, AMS, 2005-2008 |
| Richard Laugesen | Chair, SIAM Career Opportunities Committee, 2019 and 2020 |
| Julian Palmore | Vice President (Professional Affairs), Military Operations Research Society, 1999-2000; Board of Directors, Military Operations Research Society, 1996-2000 |
| Joseph Rosenblatt* | Program Officer, Division of Mathematical Sciences, NSF, 2006-2008 |
| Philippe Tondeur* | Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, NSF, 1999-2002; Member of Board of Governors, IMA, 2003-2005 and Chair 2005; Member of National Advisory Committee, SAMSI, 2003-2005 |
| Douglas B. West* | Chair, Discrete Mathematics Activity Group, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2014-15; Vice Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics, 1997-2000 |
Editorships
| Matthew Ando | Editorial Board, Algebraic & Geometric Topology (2010-present); Editorial Board, Advances in Mathematics (2011-present) |
| József Balogh | Associate Editor, SIAM Discrete Mathematics, 2013-16 |
| Bruce Berndt | Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1986-present; Coordinating Editor, The Ramanujan Journal, 1996-present; Associate Editor, Advances in Applied Mathematics, 2001-present; Founding Editor and Managing Editor, International Journal of Number Theory, 2004-present |
| Steven Bradlow | Editor-in-Chief, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 2016-present |
| Jared Bronski |
Editor, Physica D |
| Philippe Di Francesco | Editor, Communications in Mathematical Physics |
| Harold Diamond* | Number Theory Editor, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society |
| Phillip Griffith* | Managing Editor, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 2007-2012 |
| A.J. Hildebrand* | Managing Editor, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 1998-2007; Associate Editor, Journal of Number Theory, 1990-2000; Associate Editor, The Ramanujan Journal, 1997-2001. |
| Aimo Hinkkanen | Editorial Board, Mathematika |
| Carl Jockusch* | Editor, Logic and Foundations of Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 1997-2005 |
| Marius Junge | Editor, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
| Sheldon Katz | Editorial Board, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
| Alexandr Kostochka | Editorial Board, Discrete Mathematics; Editorial Board, Combinatorics, Probability and Computing; Editorial Board, Diskretnyi analiz i issledovanie operacii (Russia); Editorial Board, ORDER; Editorial Board, Discussiones Mathematicae--Graph Theory (Poland); Editorial Board, Journal of Combinatorial Theory (B) |
| Igor Mineyev | Editorial Board, Journal of Topology and Analysis |
| Julian Palmore | Editor, PHALANX, The Bulletin of Military Operations Research, 1995-2000; North American Editor, Defense & Security Analysis, 2005-present |
| Anand Pillay* | Associate Editor of Journal of American Mathematical Society, 2017-present; Editorial board of Algebra and Number Theory, 2014-present; Managing Editor of Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 2014; Archive for Mathematical Logic, Journals of London Math. Soc. (Editorial Advisory Board), Lecture Notes in Logic (Managing Editor, until January 2010), de Gruyter series in Logic and Applications |
| Charles Rezk | Editorial Board, Compositio Mathematica |
| Derek J.S. Robinson* | Founding Editor, Journal of Group Theory |
| Joseph Rosenblatt* | Editor and Founding Editor, New York Journal of Mathematics |
| Renming Song | Editor-in-Chief, Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 2012-2016 |
| Kenneth Stolarsky | Editor, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities and Applications, 1998-present |
| Jeremy Tyson | Editor, Journal of Fractal Geometry; Editor, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 2012-2020 |
| Douglas B. West* | Associate Editor, American Mathematical Monthly, 1986-present; Associate Editor, Order, 2005-present; Editor-in-Chief, Discrete Mathematics, 2007-present; Series Editor, Book series in Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, CRC Press, 2015-present |
Center for Advanced Study (CAS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
| Matthew Ando | Beckman Fellow, 2002-03 |
| József Balogh | Fellow 2009-10; Associate 2016-17 |
| Yuliy Baryshnikov | Associate, 2015-16 |
| Earl Berkson* | Associate, 1990-91 |
| Bruce Berndt | CAS Professor; Associate, 1980-81; 1987-88; 1994-95; 2002-03 |
| Steve Bradlow | Beckman Fellow, 1994; Associate, 2002; Associate 2019-20 |
| John D'Angelo* | Associate, 2005-06 |
| Lou van den Dries | CAS Professor |
| Nathan Dunfield | Associate 2017-18 |
| Robert Fossum* | Associate, 1985-86 |
| Zoltán Füredi* | Associate, 2000-01 |
| Daniel Grayson* | Beckman Associate, 1987-88 |
| Phillip Griffith* | Associate, 1981-82 |
| Wolfgang Haken* | CAS Professor |
| Vera Hur | Beckman Fellow, 2014-15; Associate 2019-20 |
| Sergei Ivanov | Beckman Fellow, 1995-96 |
| Marius Junge | Associate, 2010-11 |
| Ilya Kapovich | Beckman Fellow, 2004-05; Associate, 2012-13 |
| Alexander Kostochka |
Associate, 2009-10 |
| Richard Laugesen | Fellow, 1999-00 |
| Christopher Leininger | Associate 2016-17; Fellow 2007 |
| Peter Loeb* | Associate, 1971-72; 1991-92 |
| Thomas Nevins | Fellow, 2007; Associate, 2014-15 |
| Julian Palmore | Fellow, 1979 |
| Bruce Reznick | Beckman Fellow, 1984; Associate, 2011-12 |
| Derek J.S. Robinson* | Associate, 1981-82; 1992 |
| Zhong-Jin Ruan | Fellow, 1990-91 |
| Paul Schupp* | Associate, 2007 |
| Slawomir Solecki | Associate, 2007 |
| Vesna Stojanoska | Fellow 2018-19 |
| Philippe Tondeur* | Associate, 1977-78; 1991-92 |
| Douglas B. West* | Beckman Fellow, 1985; Associate, 1994; Associate 2006-07 |
| Jang-Mei Wu | Beckman Fellow, 1981-82 |
| Alexander Yong | Beckman Fellow, 2011-12 |
| Alexandru Zaharescu | Associate, 2004-05; 2013-14 |
Named Professorships and Chairs
- Philippe Di Francesco, Morris and Gertrude Fine Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois, 2012-present
- Runhuan Feng, State Farm Companies Foundation Scholar in Actuarial Sciences, University of Illinois, 2017-present
- Rui Loja Fernandes, Lois M. Lackner Professor in Mathematics, University of Illinois, 2012-present
- Anand Pillay*, Swanlund Chair, University of Illinois, 1996-2006; Marie Curie Chair, European Union, 2005-2008; William J. Hank Family Chair, University of Notre Dame, 2013-present
Distinguished Scholar Appointments
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Scott Ahlgren, University Scholar, 2013
- John P. D'Angelo*, University Scholar, 1986
- Lou van den Dries, University Scholar, 1988
- Daniel Grayson*, University Scholar, 1985
- Wolfgang Haken*, University Scholar, 1985
- A.J. Hildebrand*, University Scholar, 1990
- Sergei Ivanov, University Scholar, 2000
- Robert Kaufman*, University Scholar, 1987
- Gaisi Takeuti*, University Scholar, 1986
College of LAS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Scott Ahlgren, 2004-2005 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Pierre Albin, 2016-2017 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- József Balogh, 2016-2019 J. Andrew and Susan Langan Professorial Scholar
- John P. D'Angelo*, 2005-2008 Kenneth D. Schmidt Professorial Scholar
- Runhuan Feng, 2016-2017 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Philipp Hieronymi, 2017-2018 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Vera Hur, 2018-2020 Brad and Karen Smith Scholar
- Marius Junge, 2011-2014 Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
- Kay Kirkpatrick, 2016-2017 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Christopher Leininger, 2010-2011 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Tom Nevins, 2009-2010 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Susan Tolman, 2008-2017 Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar
- Jeremy Tyson, 2008-2009 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
- Chelsea Walton, 2018-2020 Brad and Karen Smith Scholar
- Alexander Yong, 2012-2013 Helen Corley Petit Professorial Scholar
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois
- József Balogh, Paul Halmos Scholar in Mathematics, 2018-2020
- Lou van den Dries, Abraham Robinson Scholar in Mathematics, 2018-2020
- Kevin Ford, Heini Halberstam Scholar in Mathematics, 2016-2017
- Vera Hur, Philippe Tondeur Scholar in Mathematics, 2016-2020
- Marius Junge, J. L. Doob Scholar, 2011-2012
- Rinat Kedem, Lois M. Lackner Faculty Scholar, 2014-2016
- Kay Kirkpatrick, Blackwell Scholar in Mathematics, 2016-2017
- Alexandr Kostochka, Wolfgang Haken Scholar, 2011-2012
- Chris Leininger, Lois M. Lackner Faculty Scholar, 2011-2013
- Xiaochun Li, Jean Bourgain Scholar in Mathematics, 2019-2021
- Charles Rezk, Kuo-Tsai Chen Faculty Scholar, 2014-2016
- Slawomir Solecki, Kenneth I. Appel Faculty Scholar, 2014-2016
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois
- József Balogh, 2013
- Bruce Berndt, 2004; 2008; 2014
- Aimo Hinkkanen, 1997, 2011-2012
- Sergei Ivanov, 1996
- Zhong-Jin Ruan, 1995-1997; 1999-2000
- Derek J.S. Robinson*, 1994
- Jeremy Tyson, 2008-2009
- Alexander Yong, 2018
- Frank Quan, 2021
Department of Mathematics Michael V. Colla Prize for Mathematics Related to Medicine
- 2022: Illinois Risk Lab, "Pandemic Risk Management: Resource Contingency Planning and Allocation”
- 2021: Zoi Rapti, for research and work on mathematical models of disease transmission, including epidemics, in both amphibian and mammalian populations, especially the work you completed since March 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019: Richard Sowers and Manuel Hernandez's IGL Research Group "Virtual Reality, Visual Cliffs, and Movement Disorders”
Distinguished Teaching Awards
U of I Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - Faculty
- Philipp Hieronymi, 2019
- Tom Nevins, 2017
- Lee DeVille, 2016
- A.J. Hildebrand*, 2011
- Bruce Reznick, 2009
- Scott Ahlgren (Honorable Mention), 2006
- John D'Angelo* (Honorable Mention), 2005
- Richard Laugesen, 2003
- Douglas B. West*, 2002
- Joseph B. Miles*, 2000
- Donald R. Sherbert*, 1996
- Stephanie Alexander*, 1993
- Tony Peressini*, 1983
Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching
- Richard Laugesen, 2017
U of I Campus Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction
- Horacio Porta*, 1996
- George Francis*, 1994
U of I Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
- E. Graham Evans, Jr.*, 2001
Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring
- Bruce Berndt, 2012
King Broadrick-Allen Award, University of Illinois Campus Honors Program
- E. Graham Evans, Jr.*, 2002
LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- 2019 Philipp Hieronymi
- 2017 Tom Nevins
- 2016 Lee DeVille
- 2015 Hal Schenck
- 2014 Nathan Dunfield
- 2012 Jeremy Tyson
- 2011 A.J. Hildebrand*
- 2010 Alexandru Zaharescu
- 2009 Bruce Reznick
- 2008 Rick Gorvett
- 2007 Matthew Ando
- 2006 Scott Ahlgren
- 2005 John P. D'Angelo*
- 2003 Richard S. Laugesen
- 1997 Bruce Reznick
- 1994 Philippe Tondeur*
- 1993 Stephanie Alexander*
- 1991 Joseph B. Miles*
- 1990 Dan Grayson*
- 1989 Ray Langebartel*
- 1986 Pat Martin
- 1985 Don Sherbert*
Alpha Lambda Delta, Outstanding Teacher of Freshmen Award
- Stephanie Alexander*, 1986
- Joseph Miles*, 1991
Outstanding Young College Educator, University of Illinois
- Bruce Berndt, 1972
Other Recognition
- Bruce Berndt, Distinguished Alumni Award, Albion College, 1997; Honorary Doctorate, SASTRA University, India, Dec. 15, 2012
- Robert Fossum*, Distinguished Alumni Award, Northfield High School, 2000
- Anand Pillay*, Honorary Doctorate, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 2018
- Hal Schenck, Clark Distinguished Teaching Award, College of LAS, Cornell University, 1997
Department Recognition
- Stephanie Alexander*, K.-T. Chen Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2004-2006
- Bruce Berndt, M. Suzuki Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2001-2003
- Everett Dade*, I. Reiner Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2002-2004
- Robert Kaufman*, L. Rubel Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2001-2003
- Derek J.S. Robinson*, W.W. Boone Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2003-2005
- Zhong-Jin Ruan, M.M. Day Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2003-2005
- Paul Schupp*, F. Albrecht Distinguished Mathematical Research Award, 2004-2006
*denotes Professor Emeritus status