Lia Bronsard

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]

Lia Bronsard
Born (1963-03-14) March 14, 1963
NationalityCanada
TitleProfessor
Academic background
Alma materNew York University
Doctoral advisorRobert V. Kohn
Academic work
DisciplineMathematics
InstitutionsMcMaster University

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, 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
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References
  1. Curriculum vitae for Lia Bronsard (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-26, retrieved 2017-10-26
  2. 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
  3. "Bronsard, Lia", Faculty profile, McMaster University Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, archived from the original on 2019-04-21, retrieved 2017-08-13
  4. Three Honoured for Outstanding Research Achievements, Canadian Mathematical Society, April 3, 2009, retrieved 2017-08-13
  5. Lia Bronsard at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. CMS Presidents 1945–2016 (PDF), Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2017-08-13
  7. Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows, Canadian Mathematical Society, December 7, 2018
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