Morgan Prize

{{Short description|North American undergraduate mathematics award}}

The Morgan Prize (full name Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student) is an annual award given to an undergraduate student in the US, Canada, or Mexico who demonstrates superior mathematics research. The $1,200 award, endowed by Mrs. Frank Morgan of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1995. The award is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The Morgan Prize has been described as the highest honor given to an undergraduate in mathematics. {{Cite web|url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2015/mar/17/churchill-student-receives-prestigious-morgan-priz/|title=Churchill student receives prestigious Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics – Churchill College|website=www.chu.cam.ac.uk|date=17 March 2015 }}

Previous winners

;1995

:Winner: Kannan Soundararajan (Analytic Number Theory, University of Michigan)

:Honorable mention: Kiran Kedlaya (Harvard University)

;1996

:Winner: Manjul Bhargava (Algebra, Harvard University)

:Honorable mention: Lenhard Ng (Harvard University)

;1997

:Winner: Jade Vinson (Analysis and Geometry, Washington University in St. Louis)

:Honorable mention: Vikaas S. Sohal (Harvard University)

;1998

:Winner: Daniel Biss (Combinatorial Group Theory and Topology, Harvard University)

:Honorable mention: Aaron F. Archer (Harvey Mudd College)

;1999

:Winner: Sean McLaughlin (Proof of the Dodecahedral Conjecture, University of Michigan)

:Honorable mention: Samit Dasgupta (Harvard University)

;2000

:Winner: Jacob Lurie (Lie Algebras, Harvard University)

:Honorable mention: Wai Ling Yee (University of Waterloo)

;2001

:Winner: Ciprian Manolescu (Floer Homology, Harvard University)

:Honorable mention: Michael Levin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

;2002

:Winner: Joshua Greene (Proof of the Kneser conjecture, Harvey Mudd College){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200304/comm-morgan.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: None

;2003

:Winner: Melanie Wood (Belyi-extending maps and P-orderings, Duke University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200404/comm-morgan.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Karen Yeats (University of Waterloo)

;2004

:Winner: Reid W. Barton (Packing Densities of Patterns, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200504/comm-morgan.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Po-Shen Loh (California Institute of Technology)

;2005

:Winner: Jacob Fox (Ramsey theory and graph theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200604/comm-morgan.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: None

;2007

:Winner: Daniel Kane (Number Theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200704/comm-morgan-web.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: None

;2008

:Winner: Nathan Kaplan (Algebraic number theory, Princeton University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200804/tx080400494p.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: None

;2009

:Winner: Aaron Pixton (Algebraic topology and number theory, Princeton University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200904/rtx090400502p.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Andrei Negut (Algebraic cobordism theory and dynamical systems, Princeton University)

;2010

:Winner: Scott Duke Kominers (Number theory, computational geometry, and mathematical economics, Harvard University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/201004/rtx100400517p.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Maria Monks (Combinatorics and number theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

;2011

:Winner: Maria Monks (Combinatorics and number theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/201104/rtx110400599p.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Michael Viscardi (Algebraic geometry, Harvard University), Yufei Zhao (Combinatorics and number theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

;2012

:Winner: John Pardon (Solving Gromov's problem on distortion of knots,{{cite journal |last=Pardon |first=John |year=2011 |title=On the distortion of knots on embedded surfaces |journal=Annals of Mathematics |volume=174 |issue=1 |pages=637–646 |doi=10.4007/annals.2011.174.1.21 |arxiv=1010.1972|s2cid=55567836 }} Princeton University){{Cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/ams-ams122111.php|title=American Mathematical Society to award prizes|website=EurekAlert!}}

:Honorable mention: Hannah Alpert (Combinatorics, University of Chicago), Elina Robeva (Algebraic geometry, Stanford University)

;2013

:Winner: Fan Wei (Analysis and combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/profession/prizebooklet-2013.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

:Honorable mention: Dhruv Ranganathan (Toric Gromov–Witten theory, Harvey Mudd College), Jonathan Schneider (Combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

;2014

:Winner: Eric Larson (Algebraic geometry and number theory, Harvard University){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=2088|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: None

;2015

:Winner: Levent Alpoge (Number theory, probability theory, and combinatorics, Harvard University){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=2502|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Akhil Mathew (Algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and category theory, Harvard University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/prizebooklet-2015.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

;2016

:Winner: Amol Aggarwal (Combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=2868|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Evan O'Dorney (Number Theory, algebra, and combinatorics, Harvard University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/PrizeBooklet-2016.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

;2017

:Winner: David H. Yang (Algebraic geometry and geometric representation theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=3236|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Aaron Landesman (Algebraic geometry, number theory, combinatorics, Harvard University){{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/PrizeBooklet-2017.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}}

;2018

:Winner: Ashvin Swaminathan (Algebraic geometry, number theory, and combinatorics, Harvard University){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=3882|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Greg Yang (Homological theory of functions, Harvard University){{Cite web|url=http://www.jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2018/2197_prizes-all|title=Joint Mathematics Meetings|first=Joint Mathematics|last=Meetings (JMM)|website=Joint Mathematics Meetings}}

;2019

:Winner: Ravi Jagadeesan (Algebraic geometry, mathematical economics, statistical theory, number theory, and combinatorics, Harvard University){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=4736|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Evan Chen (Number theory, Combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology),{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/profession/prizes-awards/PrizeBooklet-2019.pdf |title=Prize listing |website=www.ams.org |access-date=2020-07-18}} Huy Tuan Pham (Additive Combinatorics, Stanford University)

;2020

:Winner: Nina Zubrilina (Mathematical analysis and analytic number theory, Stanford University){{Cite web|url=https://www.maa.org/news/nina-zubrilina-to-receive-the-2020-morgan-prize|title=Nina Zubrilina to Receive the 2020 Morgan Prize | Mathematical Association of America|website=www.maa.org}}

:Honorable mention: Mehtaab Sawhney (Combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cynthia Stoner (Combinatorics, Harvard University),{{cite web|url=https://mathematics.stanford.edu/news/nina-zubrilina-receive-2020-morgan-prize-phd-student-cynthia-stoner-receives-honorable-mention|title=Nina Zubrilina to Receive the 2020 Morgan Prize & PhD student Cynthia Stoner receives Honorable Mention|website=Stanford Mathematics|date=2019-11-20|access-date=2023-09-15}} Ashwin Sah (Combinatorics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Murilo Corato Zanarella (Princeton University)

;2021

:Winner: Ashwin Sah (Combinatorics, discrete geometry, and probability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Mehtaab Sawhney (Combinatorics, discrete geometry, and probability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

:Honorable mention: Noah Kravitz (Yale University)

;2022

:Winner: Travis Dillon (Number theory, combinatorics, discrete geometry, and symbolic dynamics, Lawrence University){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=6877|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Sophie Kriz (University of Michigan), Alex Cohen (Yale University)

;2023

:Winner: Letong (Carina) Hong (Number theory, combinatorics, and probability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7108|title=The Latest|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Sophie Kriz (University of Michigan), Egor Lappo (Stanford University)

;2024

:Winner: Faye Jakson (analytic number theory, University of Michigan){{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7233|title=News from the AMS|website=American Mathematical Society}}

:Honorable mention: Rupert Li (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Daniel Zhu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

;2025

:Winner: Kenta Suzuki (Representation theory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology){{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7375|title=News from the AMS|website=American Mathematical Society}}

References

External links

[https://www.ams.org/prizes/morgan-prize.html Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize] at the American Mathematical Society
[http://www.maa.org/awards/morgan.html List of Morgan Prize Recipients] at the Mathematical Association of America
[http://www.d.umn.edu/~jgallian/Morgan_Notices.pdf A brief overview of the career paths of the Morgan Prize winners as of 2015.]

Category:Awards of the American Mathematical Society

Category:Awards established in 1995

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Category:Awards of the Mathematical Association of America

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Category:1995 establishments in North America

Morgan Prize

Previous winners

See also

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