Her thesis research concerned Lie groups, but subsequently her interests broadened to include also polynomial factorization, partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, and the theory of several complex variables.
Penelitian tesisnya membahas kelompok Lie, tetapi kemudian minatnya meluas mencakup faktorisasi polinomial, persamaan diferensial parsial, analisis harmonik, dan teori beberapa variabel kompleks.
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.
Ia lulus dari Universitas Pennsylvania pada tahun 1966.
Rejected from graduate study at Princeton University because it was also male-only, she earned her Ph.D. in 1970 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Isadore Singer.
Ditolak dari program pascasarjana di Universitas Princeton karena kampus itu juga hanya menerima laki-laki, ia meraih gelar Ph.D. pada tahun 1970 dari Massachusetts Institute of Technology di bawah bimbingan Isadore Singer.
She held temporary positions at MIT, Tufts University, Columbia University, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Princeton University before landing an associate professorship at the University of Wisconsin in 1976.
Ia pernah memegang posisi sementara di MIT, Universitas Tufts, Universitas Columbia, Institute for Advanced Study, dan Universitas Princeton sebelum mendapatkan posisi sebagai profesor asosiasi di Universitas Wisconsin pada tahun 1976.
She moved to San Diego in 1983, and retired in 2011.
Ia pindah ke San Diego pada tahun 1983, dan pensiun pada tahun 2011.
Rothschild was a Member at Large at the AMS from 1977 to 1979.
Rothschild menjabat sebagai Anggota Besar di AMS dari tahun 1977 hingga 1979.
She served as president of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 1983 to 1985, and vice president of the American Mathematical Society from 1985 to 1987.
Ia juga menjabat sebagai presiden Association for Women in Mathematics dari 1983 hingga 1985, serta wakil presiden American Mathematical Society dari 1985 hingga 1987.
She has been co-editor-in-chief of the journal Mathematical Research Letters since 1994.
Sejak 1994, ia menjadi salah satu pemimpin redaksi jurnal Mathematical Research Letters.
The mother of two sons by her first marriage, her second husband, M. Salah Baouendi, was a distinguished professor of mathematics at UC San Diego; he died in 2011.
Suami keduanya, M. Salah Baouendi, adalah seorang profesor matematika terkemuka di UC San Diego; ia meninggal pada tahun 2011.
Rothschild was awarded a Sloan Fellowship in 1976.
Rothschild dianugerahi Sloan Fellowship pada tahun 1976.
In 1997, Rothschild gave the Noether Lecture of the Association for Women in Mathematics, on the subject "How do Real Manifolds live in Complex Space?", and she was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2006.
Pada tahun 1997, Rothschild menyampaikan Noether Lecture di Association for Women in Mathematics dengan topik "How do Real Manifolds live in Complex Space?", dan ia menjadi pembicara undangan di International Congress of Mathematicians pada tahun 2006.
A conference in her honor was held in 2008 at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Sebuah konferensi untuk menghormatinya diadakan pada tahun 2008 di Universitas Fribourg, Swiss.
In 2017, she was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.
Pada tahun 2017, ia terpilih sebagai fellow di Association for Women in Mathematics pada angkatan perdana.
She and her husband were jointly awarded the Stefan Bergman Prize of the American Mathematical Society in 2003.
Ia dan suaminya secara bersama-sama menerima Stefan Bergman Prize dari American Mathematical Society pada tahun 2003.