Susan Jean Friedlander (née Poate; born January 26, 1946) is an American mathematician. Her research concerns mathematical

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, the

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and the Navier-Stokes equations.

Education

Friedlander graduated from

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with a BS in Mathematics in 1967. She was awarded a

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to study at

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, where she earned an MS in 1970. She completed her

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in 1972 from

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under the supervision of Louis Norberg Howard.

Career

From 1972–1974, Friedlander was a Visiting Member at the

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, followed by a year as an instructor at Princeton University. In 1975, she joined the faculty in the Mathematics department at the

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. In 2007, she moved to the

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where she is Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences.

Service

From 1996–2010, Friedlander served as an officer of the

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in the role of Associate Secretary. In 2005, she was appointed the first female Editor-in-Chief of the ''

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''.Curriculum vitae
retrieved 2014-12-18.UIC Mathematician First Female to Edit Influential Journal

, January 26, 2005. Her other leadership activities include membership of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the

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(2001–2006), the Board of Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (2008–2011), the Section A Steering Committee of the

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(2013–2015), and the MIT Mathematics Department Visiting Committee (2013–2021). She is currently the Chair of the Mathematical Council of the Americas.

Honors and awards

*1967–1969 Kennedy Scholarship, MIT *1993 N.S.F Visiting Professorship for Women,

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*1995 Elected Honorary Member,

Moscow Mathematical Society The Moscow Mathematical Society (MMS) is a society of Moscow mathematicians aimed at the development of mathematics in Russia. It was created in 1864, and Victor Vassiliev is the current president. History The first meeting of the society wa ...

*1998 Medal of the Institute Henri Poincare *2003 Senior Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago *2012 Fellow,

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional society dedicated to applied mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community. SIAM is the world's largest scientific socie ...

*2012 Fellow, the

List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2014-12-18.

Personal

Friedlander is married to mathematician

Eric Friedlander Eric Mark Friedlander (born January 7, 1944 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is an American mathematician who is working in algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, algebraic K-theory and representation theory. Friedlander graduated from Swarthmore Co ...

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