Peter Kuchment

Peter Kuchment
Born	Petr Abramovich Kuchment 1949 Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Alma mater	Voronezh State University, USSR
Known for	Floquet theory for periodic PDEs, mathematical techniques of medical imaging (tomography), quantum graphs, K-12 outreach
Scientific career
Fields	PDEs, Operator theory, Computed tomography, Applied mathematics
Institutions	Voronezh Forestry Institute, USSR; Wichita State University, KS; Texas A&M University, TX.
Thesis	PhD Thesis (1973): Topological problems of operator theory. D.Sci. Thesis (1983): Floquet theory for PDEs
Doctoral advisor	Ph.D Advisor Selim Krein

Peter Kuchment (born 1949) is an American mathematician working in partial differential equations, mathematical physics, geometrical analysis, and integral geometry with applications to medical imaging. ^[1]

Peter Kuchment was born in 1949 in Chernivtsi (formerly Chernovtsy), Soviet Union (now Ukraine). He then studied at a university and worked in Voronezh (Russia), untill emigrating to the USA in 1989. He holds a M.S. in mathematics from Voronezh State University (1971), a Ph.D. from Kharkiv State University, Ukraine (1973), and Doctor of Science from The Institute of Mathematics ^[2] of the Ukrainian Acad. Sci., Kyiv (1983) (the latter two degrees in Mathematics and Physics).^{[ citation needed ]}

Employment

• 1971–1972: School teacher of mathematics, Voronezh, USSR^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1972–1989: Faculty (Assistant, Associate, Full Professor and Chair) at the Mathematics and Theoretical Mechanics Department of Voronezh Forestry Institute (now Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technology).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1990–2001: Associate and later Full Professor at the Mathematics and Statistics Department of Wichita State University. ^[3]
• 2001 -  present: Full Professor, later Distinguished Professor (2011), Arthur George and Mary Emolene  Owen Chair ^[4] (2025) of the Mathematics Department at the Texas A&M University.

Publications

Kuchment has published 168 peer-reviewed papers. ^{[5] [6]} He has four books published and one translated. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Advising

Advised on 21 PhD Theses. ^[12]

Professional honors

P. Kuchment is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow), ^[13] American Mathematical Society (Fellow, Life Member), ^[14] American Physical Society (Fellow, Life Member), ^[15] Institute of Physics (Fellow), ^[16] Inst. Electr. Electron. Eng. (Senior Member), ^[17] Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Fellow), ^[18] Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (Fellow). ^[19]

References

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2. "Institute of Mathematics NAS of Ukraine". imath.kiev.ua.
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4. Hansen '24, Emily. "Recognizing Excellence: Seven Arts And Sciences Faculty Named To Endowed Chairs". artsci.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
5. "Peer-reviewed papers by Peter Kuchment". people.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
6. "MathSciNet". connect.liblynx.com. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
7. Kha, Minh; Kuchment, Peter (2021). Liouville-Riemann-Roch Theorems on Abelian Coverings. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Vol. 2245. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67428-1. ISBN   978-3-030-67427-4. ISSN   0075-8434.
8. Kuchment, Peter (2013-12-27). The Radon Transform and Medical Imaging. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. doi:10.1137/1.9781611973297. ISBN   978-1-61197-328-0.
9. Kuchment, Peter (1993). "Floquet Theory for Partial Differential Equations" . SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8573-7. ISBN   978-3-0348-9686-3.
10. Helgason, Sigurdur (1986). Groups and Geometric Analysis (in Russian). Moscow: Mir.
11. Berkolaiko, G.; Kuchment, P. "Introduction to Quantum Graphs". bookstore.ams.org. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
12. "Peter Kuchment - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org.
13. "Search | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
14. "AMS :: List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". www.ams.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
15. "APS Fellows Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
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18. "Fellows Directory | SIAM". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
19. "Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association". aaia-ai.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.