Past and Present IAS Scholars Named 2026 AMS Fellows

Ten out of the 40 mathematicians named to the American Mathematical Society’s class of 2026 Fellows are current or former Members in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics. Each year, AMS Fellows are recognized for “outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.” 

One honoree now conducting research at IAS is Linquan Ma, current von Neumann Fellow, who researches singularities, local cohomology, multiplicities, and the homological conjectures in commutative algebra. Ma also serves as a professor of mathematics at Purdue University. 

Former School of Mathematics scholars named to the 2026 class are Lia Bronsard, Member (1989–91), whose research uses geometric flows to model the interface dynamics of reaction–diffusion systems; Dawei Chen, von Neumann Fellow (2019), who worked on moduli of differentials and Teichmüller dynamics at IAS; Robert D. Friedman, Member (1984–85), whose interests include algebraic geometry, low dimensional topology and mathematical physics; Dong Li, Member (2006–09) and von Neumann Fellow (2012–13), whose work includes molecular dynamics, mathematical physics, and fluid dynamics; Daniel Litt, Member (2018–19), who studied Galois actions on fundamental groups of algebraic varieties at IAS; Karola Meszaros, von Neumann Fellow (2018–19), whose work aims to develop a new perspective on classical multivariate polynomials by recasting them in terms of polytopes; Peter Ozsváth, Member (1997–98, 2003–04), who created Heegaard Floer homology; Jessica Purcell, von Neumann Fellow (2015), who studies geometric structures on 3-manifolds, particularly hyperbolic structures; and Sug Woo Shin, Member (2007–08, 2010–11), who works in number theory and Shimura varieties.

"I am honored to congratulate the 2026 Class of AMS Fellows. Their research and service endeavors help ensure the health of the mathematical sciences on a daily basis," Ravi Vakil, President of AMS, remarked.

According to Vakil, "Fellows are selected from a substantial pool of accomplished candidates. The Fellows' collected achievements highlight the many ways individuals devote themselves to our beautiful and essential subject. I am proud to work alongside them to support and advance our discipline."

Read more on the American Mathematical Society website.