Mei-Chi Shaw Explained

Mei-Chi Shaw
Native Name:蕭美琪
Native Name Lang:Chinese
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Fields:Complex analysis
Partial differential equations
Complex geometry
Workplaces:Notre Dame University
Alma Mater:Princeton University
Thesis Title:Hodge Theory on Domains with Cone-Like or Horn-Like Singularities
Thesis Year:1981
Doctoral Advisor:Joseph Kohn
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Mei-Chi Shaw (; born 1955) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.[1] Her research concerns partial differential equations.

Life and career

Shaw was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1955.[2] She graduated with an undergraduate degree in mathematics from National Taiwan University in 1977. Shaw received her PhD from Princeton University four years later in 1981, working with Joseph Kohn. She then took a postdoctoral position at Purdue University During this time, she married her husband, Hsueh-Chia Chang. In 1983, Shaw took a tenure-track position at Texas A&M University, moving to University of Houston in 1986 and finally relocating to the University of Notre Dame in 1987, first as an associate professor and then as full professor.

Awards and honors

In 2012, Shaw became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3] For 2019 she received the Stefan Bergman Prize.[4]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mei-Chi Shaw. Feb 9, 2015.
  2. Shaw, Mei-Chi. "A Woman Mathematician's Journey," ICCM Not. 2 (2014), no. 1, 59-74.
  3. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  4. https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=5845 Stefan Bergman Prize 2019