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Monica Nevins

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Monica A. Nevins (born 1973)[1] is a Canadian mathematician, and a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include abstract algebra, representation theory, algebraic groups, and mathematical cryptography.

Education and career

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Nevins went to high school in Val-d'Or, Quebec. She graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1994, and completed a PhD in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998.[2] Her dissertation, Admissible Nilpotent Coadjoint Orbits of p-adic Reductive Lie Groups, was supervised by David Vogan.[3]

After postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta, Nevins joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa, where she was promoted to full professor in 2014.[2]

Recognition

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Nevins was the 2010–2011 winner of the University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Teaching.[4] She was elected as a fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society in 2019.[5]

Personal

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Her husband, Ralph Nevins, is a computer scientist and mathematical artist.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, accessed 2020-01-06
  2. ^ a b Nevins, Monica, Bio and outreach, retrieved 2020-01-06
  3. ^ Monica Nevins at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Past Winners: University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Teaching, Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa, retrieved 2020-01-06
  5. ^ Canadian Mathematical Society's Second Inaugural Class of Fellows Announced, Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2020-01-06
  6. ^ "Ralph Nevins", Mathematical Art Galleries, Bridges Conference, 2012, retrieved 2020-01-06
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