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Peter March

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Peter March

Executive Dean & Distinguished Professor of Mathematics

Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences

Biography

Peter March received a BA from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Minnesota. He was a Courant Instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, a visiting member of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications at the University of Minnesota, and a University Research Fellow at McGill University and at Carleton University.

Prior to joining Rutgers in 2014, March served as chair of the Ohio State mathematics department, as dean of the division of natural and mathematical sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and also served as an associate director of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute. He served four years as Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.

From 2014–2016, March served as Chair of the US National Committee for Mathematics, Board on International Scientific Organizations, National Academies of Science. In 2017, he was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed for distinguished efforts to advance human knowledge.

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