Jones New Kruskal Lecturer

Congratulations to Professor Chris Jones for being selected as the Martin Kruskal Lecturer for 2016. The SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, SIAG/NWCS, awards this prize for a notable body of mathematics and contributions in the field of nonlinear waves and coherent structures. The prize honors Martin David Kruskal for his fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including his single most celebrated contribution, the discovery and theory of solitons.

The members of the selection committee were Mariana Haragus, Chair, Alejandro Aceves, Peter Miller, and Robert Pego. They wish to recognize you for your “outstanding contributions to the stability analysis of traveling waves and seminal work on geometric singular perturbation theory and spectral theory.” Their citation continues: “As an inspiring mentor of young researchers, he has made a mark in the applied mathematics community.” The prize will be awarded at the 2016 SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, NW16, to be held August 8-11, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As part of the award, he is invited to present a plenary lecture, the Martin Kruskal Lecture, at NW16.