Ann Trenk

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Ann Natalie Trenk is an American mathematician interested in graph theory and the theory of partially ordered sets, [1] and known for her research on proper distinguishing colorings of graphs [2] and on tolerance graphs. [3] She is a professor of mathematics at Wellesley College. [1]

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Education and career

Trenk graduated from Harvard University in 1985 and became a high school mathematics teacher. She began graduate study at Johns Hopkins University in 1987, earned a master of science in education in 1989, and completed a Ph.D. in 1991. [4] Her dissertation, Generalized Perfect Graphs, was supervised by Ed Scheinerman. [4] [5]

After postdoctoral research at Dartmouth College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she joined the Wellesley faculty in 1992. At Wellesley, she won the Pinanski Teaching Prize in 1995, [6] became a full professor in 2005, and served as department chair from 2014 to 2016. [4]

Book

With Martin Charles Golumbic, Trenk is the author of the book Tolerance Graphs (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 89, Cambridge University Press, 2004). [3]

Family

Trenk is the daughter of New York City attorney Joseph Trenk, [7] and is married to fellow Wellesley mathematician Richard Cleary. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ann Trenk, Professor of Mathematics, Wellesley College, retrieved 2019-09-30CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Klavžar, Sandi (2006), "Review of "The distinguishing chromatic number"", Mathematical Reviews, MR   2200544
  3. 1 2 Isaak, Garth T. (2005), "Review of Tolerance Graphs", Mathematical Reviews, MR   2051713
  4. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae (PDF), August 2018, retrieved 2019-09-30CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. Ann Trenk at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. Pinanski Prize winners, Wellesley College, retrieved 2019-09-30CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. "Joseph Trenk", Paid obituaries, The New York Times , December 29, 2012 via Legacy.com
  8. Brown, B. (September 2, 2019), "Wellesley runner proves mortal: 47 years, 83 marathons, 80,000 miles, then snap!", The Swellesley Report