Monica Nevins

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

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

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

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

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References
  1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, accessed 2020-01-06
  2. 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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