Alan Reid, Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics at Rice University, Mathematics Department Chair
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Short Vitae

Education

Ph.D: Arithmetic Kleinian groups and their Fuchsian subgroups; University of Aberdeen, 1988
Advisor: Colin Maclachlan

M.Sc: Arithmetic Fuchsian Groups–a survey; University of Aberdeen, 1985

B.Sc (with 1st class honours): University of Aberdeen, 1984

Present Position

Chair, Department of Mathematics, July 1st 2018– present
Edgar Odell Lovett Chair and Professor, Rice University, July 1st 2017– present

Previous Positions

  • Pennzoil Company Regents Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, September 2005– July 2017
  • Chairman of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, September 2011 – November 2016
  • Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, September 2002 –August 2005
  • Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, September 1998–August 2002
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, January 1996–September 1998
  • Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, October 1992–September 1996
  • Fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge, June 1993–October 1995
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 1991–1992
  • Research Fellow at The University of Aberdeen, July 1990 –August 1991
  • Instructor at Ohio State University, 1988–1990

Visiting Positions

  • KIAS Scholar, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, May 1 2024–April 30 2027.
  • Hirzebruch Research Chair, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, 
    January–June 2022.
  • Research visitor, Université de Neuchâtel, June 2019.
  • Member, Hausdorff Institute for Mathematics, one month Fall 2018.
  • Member, The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, one month Fall 2016.
  • Member, Institute for Advanced Study, January – June 2016.
  • Member, Max Planck Institute für Mathematik, Bonn, June 2015
  • Professeur Invité (Chair Henri Lebesgue), Université de Rennes 1, June
    2014.
  • Professeur Invité, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, June 2013
  • Professeur Invité, Université de Paris VI / VII, June 2012
  • Member, Max Planck Institute für Mathematik, Bonn, June 2010
  • Member, Institute for Advanced Study, September–December 2008
  • Professeur Invité, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, May–June 2008
  • Member, The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, August–December 2007
  • Professeur Invité, Centre Bernoulli, EPFL, August–September 2005
  • Professeur Invité, Université de Rennes 1, June 2003
  • Visiting Professor, Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, June 2001
  • Professeur Invité, Université de Rennes 1, May 1999
  • Professeur Invité, Université de Paris VII and The Institute Henri Poincaré, May–June 1996
  • Member, The Mathematical Research Institute, March–May 1995
  • Visiting Professor at The University of Auckland, March–April 1994
  • Visiting Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, 1992–1993
  • Visiting Professor at The University of Melbourne, Summer 1992
  • Visiting Lecturer at Ohio State University, 1987–1988

Prizes and Awards

  • Honorary Professor of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, 
    Guwahati, India, July 2024–July 2026.
  • Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, June 2024.
  • Invited speaker, ICM Rio de Janiero, 2018
  • Fellow of A.M.S., 2012
  • Department of Mathematics, U.T. Austin, Frank E Gerth III Fellowship, 2008–2010
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, September 1997–September 2001
  • U.T. Austin, President's Associates Centennial Teaching Fellow, August 1999– August 2000
  • Edinburgh Mathematical Society Sir Edmund Whittaker Prize, 1993.

Former Graduate Students

  • Jiayu Wan, Graduated May 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chinese University 
    of Hong Kong.
  • Sara Edelman-Muñoz, Graduated May 2024, Research Fellow in 
    Computational Genomics, Office of Research & Development Veterans 
    Affairs.
  • Connor Sell, Graduated May 2023, Postdoctoral Fellow at U.Q.A.M., 
    Montreal.
  • Tam Cheetham-West, Graduated May 2023, Gibbs Instructor, Yale University.
  • Nicholas Rouse, Graduated May 2022, PIMS Instructor, UBC Vancouver. 
  • Will Stagner, Graduated May 2022, RTG Instructor, U.T. Austin.
  • Michelle Chu, Graduated May 2018, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota.
  • Sam Taylor, Graduated May 2014, Associate Professor, Temple University.
  • Sam Ballas, Graduated May 2013, Associate Professor, Florida State University.
  • Grant Lakeland, Graduated May 2012, Associate Professor Eastern Illinois University.
  • Darlan Girão, Graduated December 2011, Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Ceará. (deceased)
  • Emily Landes, Graduated May 2011, teaching at Castilleja School, Palo Alto CA.
  • Neil Hoffman, Graduated May 2011, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
  • Eric Katerman, Graduated May 2010, self employed, Berkeley CA.
  • Matthew Stover, Graduated May 2010, Associate Professor, Temple University.
  • Jason Callahan, Graduated May of 2009, Full Professor at St. Edwards University, Austin, TX.
  • Jason DeBlois. Graduated May of 2007, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Ben McReynolds, Graduated May of 2006, Full Professor, Purdue
    University.
  • Eric Chesebro, Graduated May 2006, Associate Professor at the University of Montana.
  • Melissa Macasieb, Graduated December 2005, Data Scientist for DoD.
  • Kate Petersen, Graduated May 2005, Department Head & Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
  • Christopher Leininger, Graduated May 2002, Full Professor at Rice University.
  • Joseph Masters, Graduated May 1999, Quantlab, Houston, TX

Current Graduate Students

  • Zihao Liu,  Summer 2024–