Citizenship United States Fields Mathematics | Name Michael Dorff | |
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Institutions Brigham Young University Thesis The Inner Mapping Radius And Construction Of Harmonic, Univalent Mappings Of The Unit Disk (1997) Known for Harmonic mappings, undergraduate research Notable awards Haimo Award
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society | ||
Doctoral advisor Ted Joe Suffridge Alma mater University of Kentucky Institution Brigham Young University | ||
Michael dorff treats audience to good clean fun at maa lecture
Michael John Dorff is a mathematician at Brigham Young University known for his work in undergraduate research, popularizing mathematics, and harmonic mappings.
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- Michael dorff treats audience to good clean fun at maa lecture
- Life and career
- Awards and honors
- Selected publications
- References
Life and career
Dorff taught high school for four years after receiving his BA in Mathematics Education. He received his MS from University of New Hampshire followed by a Ph.D. from University of Kentucky in 1997. He taught at University of Missouri-Rolla until he was hired by Brigham Young University in 2000.
Dorff is the founder of the NSF-funded Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics and the co-founder of the NSF-funded PIC Math program.
Awards and honors
From 2005 to 2006, Dorff was a Fulbright scholar in Poland.
In 2009, Dorff received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.
In 2012, Dorff became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.