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Susan Jean Friedlander (born January 26, 1946 in London as Susan Poate) is an American mathematician. Her research concerns mathematical fluid dynamics, the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations.
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Education
Friedlander graduated from University College, London with a B.S in Mathematics in the year 1967. She was awarded a Kennedy Scholarship to study at MIT where she earned an M.S in 1970 and she completed her Doctorate in 1972 from Princeton University under the supervision of Louis Norberg Howard.
Career
From 1972-74 Friedlander was a Visiting Member at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences followed by a year as an Instructor at Princeton University. In 1975 she joined the faculty in the Mathematics department at the University of Illinois-Chicago. In 2007 she moved to the University of Southern California where she is Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences.
From 1996-2010 Friedlander served as an officer of the American Mathematical Society in the role of Associate Secretary. In 2005, she was appointed the first female Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Her other leadership activities include membership of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (2001-2006), the Board of Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (2008-2011), the Section A Steering Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013-2015), the MIT Mathematics Department Visiting Committee (2013-2021). She is currently the Chair of the Mathematical Council of the Americas.
Honors and Awards
Personal
Friedlander is the wife of mathematician Eric Friedlander.