Mathematics Professor Epstein Honored by AAAS

Charles L. Epstein, Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished contributions to applied analysis—especially microlocal analysis, index theory, and boundary value problems—and his significant achievements in the mathematics of medical imaging.

Epstein’s research interests include partial differential equations, boundary value problems, medical imaging, population genetics, and other fields of mathematical analysis and its applications. Founding chair of the graduate group in applied mathematics and computational science, he is also a member of the graduate group in bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the graduate group in genomics and computational biology in the School of Medicine, and the Institute for Medicine and Engineering. 

Epstein serves on the editorial advisory board of the Central European Journal of Math, and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM). He is the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships, and grants, and the author of more than 75 articles and chapters. His books include Degenerate Diffusion Operators Arising in Population Biology (with Rafe Mazzeo) and Introduction to the Mathematics of Medical Imaging. He holds four patents with Jeremy Magland, research assistant professor of radiologic science at the Perelman School of Medicine.

The AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson, and professional association. AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books, and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide. The new fellows will be honored in February during the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose, California.