Ruth I. Michler

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Ruth I. Michler
BornMarch 8, 1967
Ithaca, New York
DiedNovember 1, 2000
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
Fields commutative algebra, algebraic geometry
Institutions University of North Texas
Doctoral advisor Arthur Ogus, Mariusz Wodzicki

Ruth I. Michler (March 8, 1967 to November 1, 2000) [1] [2] [3] [4] was an American-born mathematician of German descent who lived and worked in the United States. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, [5] and she was a tenured associate professor at the University of North Texas. She died at the age of 33 while visiting Northeastern University, after which at least three memorial conferences were held in her honor, and the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize was established in her memory.

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Early years

Michler was the daughter of German mathematician Gerhard O. Michler  [ de ] and was born in Ithaca, New York while her family was visiting Cornell University from Germany. [1] She grew up in Germany, living in Tübingen, Giessen, and Essen. [2] She completed her undergraduate studies in 1988 at the University of Oxford, graduating summa cum laude. [3] [6]

Doctoral studies and research

Michler earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1993 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation is titled "Hodge components of cyclic homology of affine hypersurfaces." [5] [7] Her advisors were Mariusz Wodzicki and Arthur Ogus. She spent the academic year 1993-1994 as a postdoc at Queen's University working with Leslie Roberts. In 1994, she joined the tenure-track faculty at the University of North Texas where she earned tenure in 2000. She was the author of eleven (11) research articles in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. [8] [9] She organized several special sessions at meetings of the American Mathematical Society. [10] [11] [12] The session in San Antonio resulted in a conference proceedings which Michler co-edited. [13] In 2000 she was awarded a National Science Foundation POWRE grant to visit Northeastern University. [14]

Memorial conferences and prize

Michler was killed in an accident in Boston on November 1, 2000, when she was struck by a construction vehicle while riding her bicycle. [4] [15] [6] Several conferences were organized in her honor. [16] [17] Two conferences resulted in a volume of papers dedicated to her memory [18] [19] which includes a dedicatory article [20] and an article describing her research. [21] In 2007 the Association for Women in Mathematics inaugurated the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize which is "awarded annually to a woman recently promoted to Associate Professor or an equivalent position in the mathematical sciences". [22]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Cornell Math - About Ruth Michler". pi.math.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. 1 2 "Commemorating Dr. Ruth Michler". web.northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  4. 1 2 "The Valuation Theory Home Page: Very Sad News. Includes memorial articles from Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Texas Star". math.usask.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  5. 1 2 "Ruth Michler - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  6. 1 2 "Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter Jan-Feb 2001, In Memoriam". www.drivehq.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  7. ↑ "Math Reviews review for 'Hodge-components of cyclic homology of singular affine hypersurfaces.'". MR   2690218.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ↑ "Math Reviews author page: Michler, Ruth". mathscinet.ams.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Ruth Michler: Recent Publications". web.northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  10. ↑ "American Mathematical Society meeting special session Washington, DC". jointmathematicsmeetings.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  11. ↑ "American Mathematical Society meeting special session San Antonio". jointmathematicsmeetings.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  12. ↑ "American Mathematical Society meeting special session San Francisco". www.ams.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  13. ↑ "Math Review: edited volume, 'Singularities in algebraic and analytic geometry'". MR   1792143.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#0075057 - POWRE: Differentials, Singularities and Applications". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  15. ↑ "Northeastern University, Department of Mathematics 'Tragic Accident'". mathserver.neu.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  16. ↑ "Conferences Commemorating Dr. Ruth Michler". web.northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  17. ↑ "AWM at JMM 2011". Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  18. ↑ "Math Review 'Topics in algebraic and noncommutative geometry'". MR   2017395.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ↑ "Topics in Algebraic and Noncommutative Geometry: Proceedings in Memory of Ruth Michler". bookstore.ams.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  20. ↑ "Math Review 'Dedication [to Dr. Ruth Ingrid Michler]'". MR   2017396.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. ↑ "Math Review 'Dr. Ruth I. Michler's research'". MR   1986110.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ↑ "Ruth I. Michler Prize". Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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