Two Hunter mathematics professors have won grants from the Simons Foundation, which supports basic research in mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, and autism and neuroscience.
Professor Ara Basmajian and Associate Professor Vincent Martinez received grants for travel and research related expenses, which the foundation funds to stimulate collaboration in the field of mathematics. This year, the foundation is awarding $7.3 million over five years in total grants to 179 grantees.
The awards show Hunters reach as an anchor institution to high-impact, world-changing research in mathematics and the sciences.
Basmajian’s research interests include hyperbolic geometry and the study of geometric structures on manifolds. Martinez focuses on analysis of partial differential equations, fluid dynamics and the mathematics of turbulence, and inverse problems.
Basmajian will use the award to fund research visits to collaborators in France, Singapore, and Switzerland, and to support visiting researchers at CUNY.
Martinez focuses on analysis of partial differential equations, fluid dynamics and the mathematics of turbulence, and inverse problems. He will use the award to fund collaborative visits to the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia, and to host visiting researchers at Hunter.
