Lia Bronsard
Canadian mathematician
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]
Contributions
In 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
Bronsard 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
Bronsard 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
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
^ 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
International National Academics