Ronald J. Stern

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Ronald John Stern (born 20 January 1947) is a mathematician who works on topology, geometry, and gauge theory. [1] He is emeritus professor at the University of California, Irvine. [2]

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Stern was the first in his family to receive a college education and earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. [3] He then earned his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of California, Los Angeles under the joint supervision of Robert Duncan Edwards (de) and Robert F. Brown. [4]

Before joining the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 1989, Stern was a professor at the University of Utah and a visiting professor at UCLA and the University of Hawaii. [3]

He was an Invited Speaker at the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians, in Berlin. [5]

He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [6]

Selected papers

These are his most cited papers (according to Google Scholar), they are all joint work with Ron Fintushel: [7]

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References

  1. "Ronald J. Stern". Faculty.sites.uci.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". Faculty.uci.edu. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. 1 2 Addison, Lisa; Canalis, John (13 June 1998). "UCI Names Dean of Physical Sciences". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Ronald Stern". Genealogy.math.uni-bielefeld.de. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". Mathunion.org. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. "Fellows of the AMS by Institution". Ams.org. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. "Ronald J. Stern - Google Scholar Citations" . Retrieved 2015-06-18.