Petra Bonfert-Taylor

Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Alma materTechnische Universität Berlin
Known forComplex analysis
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsThayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
Thesis Interationen in Plamar Domains  (2008)
Doctoral advisorChristian Pommerenke
Websiteengineering.dartmouth.edu/community/faculty/petra-bonfert-taylor

Petra Bonfert-Taylor is a German-born mathematician known for research in complex analysis and her work in web development for the International Mathematical Union (IMU)[1] Committee for Women in Mathematics.[2] She is a professor of engineering and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[3]

Education, career, and recognition

Bonfert-Taylor was born, raised, and educated in Berlin, Germany. She received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mathematics and computer science from Technische Universität Berlin and her PhD (summa cum laude) in mathematics from the same institution in 1996 under the supervision of Christian Pommerenke.[4] She was on the faculty on Wesleyan University from 1999 to 2015. She joined the faculty of Dartmouth in 2015.

Bonfert-Taylor helped develop the website for the International Mathematical Union (IMU)[1] and serves on IMU's Committee for Women in Mathematics, whose purpose is "to promote international contacts between national and regional organizations from women in mathematical sciences."[2]

In 2018, Bonfert-Taylor was named the New Hampshire High Tech Council's Tech Teacher of the Year.[3] In 2019, Bonfert-Taylor and Rémi Sharrock from Institut Mines-Télécom of France earned the edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Learning and Teaching for their Professional Certification program in C Programming with Linux.[5]

Bonfert-Taylor was elected a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the Class of 2020 "for her work as a U.S. liaison and in web creation and management for the IMU's Committee on Women in Mathematics; for development and study of programs building inclusivity in STEM; and for becoming an example of broadening research interests, by adding research in medical imaging to work in complex analysis."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "IMU Leadership 2019 – 2022". International Mathematical Union (IMU). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "CWM". International Mathematical Union (IMU). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Bonfert-Taylor Named Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion". Dartmouth Engineering. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ Petra Bonfert-Taylor at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ "Dartmouth & IMT of France Win 2019 edX Prize". Dartmouth Engineering. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "The AWM Fellows Program: 2020 Class of AWM Fellows". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 8 January 2021.