John McCarthy (mathematician)

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John Edward McCarthy (born 20 January 1964) is a mathematician. He is currently the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences, and former chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington University in St. Louis. [1] He works in operator theory [2] and several complex variables, and applications of mathematics to other areas.

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Early life, education, and career

McCarthy is a native of Ireland, and received a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin, in 1983. [2] He completed a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. His Ph.D. Advisor was Donald Sarason. [3]

He originally intended to return to Ireland after his doctorate, but the Irish universities were subject to a hiring freeze at the time. Instead, after postdoctoral research at Indiana University Bloomington, [4] he joined Washington University in St. Louis in 1991, and became a US citizen in 1996. [2] He has been a full professor since 1999, and Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis since 2011. He chaired the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2016 to 2021. [1]

Recognition

McCarthy was one of two 2016 recipients of the Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson Award of the Canadian Mathematical Society [5] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2018. [6]

Books

McCarthy's books include:

References

  1. 1 2 "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Fitzpatrick, Tony (23 January 2004). "The beauty of pure mathematics: The applicability of the field isn't the only thing that motivates John E. McCarthy". Newsroom. Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ↑ John McCarthy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ "Two Indianapolis residents named Kelley Scholar at IU". newsinfo.iu.edu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "G. de B. Robinson Award". Canadian Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "List of Fellows". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Reviews of Pick Interpolation and Hilbert function spaces: Donald Sarason, MR 1882259; Vladimir V.Peller, Zbl   1010.47001
  8. ↑ Reviews of Operator Analysis: Adhemar Bultheel, MR 4411370; Dan Timotin, Zbl   1498.47001
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