Two postdoctoral mathematicians have selected the University of Kentucky as their choice for continuing research on National Science Foundation fellowships. Choosing UK is a strong endorsement of the university's standing as a research university and the respect accorded its faculty, says Peter Perry, UK mathematics professor.
Applicants name a proposed institution and postdoctoral adviser as part of the application.
The applications are judged not only on the applicant's research record, but also on the fit between the proposed research, the adviser and the institution. The two fellows are Ruth Gornet, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University, and Edward C. Taylor, who previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. Both chose to work with Perry and Peter Hislop, chair of the UK mathematics department. Gornet earned her doctorate at the University of Washington in St. Louis, and Taylor is a doctoral graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. My intention for the 18 months I am on leave was to go where I could focus intensely on my research and work closely with experts related to my field.