Maria Gordina Department of Mathematics
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
phone (office): (860) 486-2158
gordina at math.uconn.edu
Education: Cornell University, Ph.D in Mathematics, August 1998
Dissertation: Holomorphic functions and the heat kernel measure on an infinite dimensional complex orthogonal group,
advisor: Professor Leonard Gross.
Leningrad State University, Diploma in Mathematics, 1990
Dissertation: Denseness of fractions in L_p for p less than 1,
advisor: Professor Alexey B. Aleksandrov.
Employment:
2007 - present Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.
2003 - 2007 Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.
2000 - 2002 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Mathematics, University of California at San Diego.
1998 - 2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada.
1990-1992 Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Department, Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia.
Teaching Experience:
2003 - present Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.
2001-2002 Instructor at the University of California at San Diego for a calculus course.
1998-2000 Lecturer at McMaster University for second and third year courses on differential equations.
1992-1997 Teaching Assistant at Cornell University.
1990-1992 Assistant Professor at Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute and Leningrad Institute of Railroad Engineers, Leningrad, Russia. Lecturer for calculus courses at different levels, including special course on Fourier analysis for radiophysics students.
1985-1990 Taught at the School for Young Mathematicians, Leningrad, Russia. Director of the School in 1988-1990.
1986, 1987 Organized and taught at Summer Camps for Young Mathematician, Leningrad, Russia.
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Honors and Awards:
  • The Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the AWM , 2009-2010. The AWM press release.

  • Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2005-2008.

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002.

  • Hutchinson Fellowship, Cornell University, Spring 1996.

  • Diploma with Honors, Leningrad State University.

  • Special Fellowship, Leningrad State University (1988, 1989, 1990) given to the top five students among 1500 students in mathematics.