EDUCATION

• Pasadena City College, 1973-1974 (no degree).

• University of California, Santa Cruz: BA in Mathematics, 1978.

• University of California, Davis: M.A.T. in Mathematics (with a California High School Teaching Credential) 1980.

• University of California, Los Angeles: Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1984. (Advisor: Rick Durrett)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• California Community Teaching Fellow, University of California, Davis, 1978-1980. (Winters Elementary School. Most fun years as a teacher!)

• Student Teacher, Sacramento High School, 1978-1980.
  Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, 1980-1984.

• Bantrell Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1984-1986, Mentor, T. Wolff. 

• NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana, (1986-1987) & Purdue University (1987-1988), Mntor:  Don Burkholder. 

• Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 1986-1989 (on Leave 1986-1987).

• NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986-1987.(Advisor: Don Burkholder)

• Associate Professor, Purdue University, 1989-1992.

• Professor, Purdue University, 1992-2024.

• Interim Head, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, July 2005-December 2005

• Head, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, 2007--2011

• Emeritus Professor, Purdue University 2025.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 1984-1986: Bantrell Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology.

• 1986-1988: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana and Purdue University.

• 1989-1994: Presidential Young Investigator.  Citation: "In Recognition of ability and potnrtial for contributing to the future vitality of the scientific and engineering efforts of the Nation," Signed by President G. Bush, March 24, 1989. 

• 2004: Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Citation: 'In recognition for contributions to the development, dissemination and applications of Probability and Mathematical Statistics."

• 2004: Blackwell-Tapia Prize in Mathematics. Citation: "The Blackwell--Tapia Prize in Mathematics  recognizes a mathematical scientist who has contributed and continues to contribute significantly to research in his or her field of expertise, and who has served as a role model for mathematical scientists and students from under-represented minority groups or contributed in other significant ways to addressing the problem of the under-representation of minorities in mathematics."

• 2009: Outstanding Latino Award,  Purdue Latino Faculty and Staff Association. Citation: "for continue support, commitment to excellence, and dedicated service in promoting the voice of all Latino Faculty, Staff and Students at Purdue University." 

• 2013: Elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Citation: "For contributions at the interface between probability and analysis."   

• 2018: Inaugural fellow Fellow, Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), A Fellows program created by the AWM "to recognize members who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the support and advancement of women in the mathematical sciences."  

• 2017: Martin Luther King Jr Dreamer Award, Purdue. "The Dreamer Award is presented annually to an individual or organization within the Purdue University community whose contributions embody Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision of service to others and furthers the University's commitment to diversity and inclusion." 

• 2022: American Mathematical Society (AMS) Ward for Distinguished Public Service. Citation: "in recognition of his exceptional service to the profession, his extensive educational and professional mentoring, and his prolific activities that have advanced diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the mathematical sciences community." Full citation here 

• 2023: Elected Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Citation: "for pioneering and fundamental contributions in probability theory and analysis, and for fostering diversity in mathematics and education." 

• Supported continuously by the National Science Foundationm  Division of mathematical Sciences,  from 1986 to 2024.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Mathematical Society (AMS)

• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS)

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

SERVICES TO THE  PROFESSION (SELECTED)

• Associate Editor, Annals of Probability, 1991-1996

• Probability and Statistics Editor, Transactions of the AMS, 1996-2000

• AMS Committee to select hour speakers for regional meetings, 1991-1992, 2020-2022

• Chair  AMS Central Section Program Committee, 1992-1993

• Organizer, Special Session on "Martingales and Applications to Analysis," March 1993

• 2nd International Symposium in Probability and Applications, Bloomington, IN.

• National Research Council Evaluation Panel, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1995-1996

• Co-Organizer, Special Session on "Stochastic Processes", joint, November 1995

• American Math Society and Sociedad Matematica Mexicana, Guanajuato Mexico

• AMS Task Force on Participation of Underrepresented Minorities, 1995

• Organizer Committee for special year (1997-1998) in Stochastic Analysis, 1997-1998

• Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley CA 

• The United States National Committee on Mathematics, 1997-2000

• Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Scientific Advisory Council, 1998-2002

• AMS Committee on Committees, 2002-2004

• Selection Committee for Hour Speakers, AMS-Mexican Math Society Meeting, 2004

• Co-chair, Selection Committee for Blackwell-Tapia Prize, 2006-2008, 2023-2024.

• Advisory Panel for Collaboration Grants in probability, statistics, harmonic analysis and functional analysis, Simon Foundation

• AMS Book Prize Committee, 2003-2004

• AMS Fellows Committee, 2019-2022

• AWM Fellows Committee, 2018-2021

• AMS Simons Travel Grant for young investigators, 2015-2018

• Probability Surveys, 2004-2005

• Editorial Board of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, 2006-Present

• IPAM Board of Trustees, 2005-2008

• AMS Leroy P. Steele Prizes Committee, 2005-2008

• Scientific Program Committee, 32nd Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, Urbana, Champaign, August 6-10, 2007.

• Scientific Program Committee,  Probability and Analysis Conference, Bedlewo, Poland, 2015.

• Organizing Committee, Latinos in the Mathematical Sciences Conference, IPAM 2015

• Editorial Board, Revista Matemática Iberoamericana, 2007-Present

• Associate Editor for Burkholder Memorial Volume, Annals of Probability, 2013-2017

• Editorial Board, Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, 2016-present

• Editorial Board, Potential Analysis, 2016-2022

• Editorial Board, AWM Journal, La Matematica, 2021-2025

• Editorial Board, Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, 2015-present

Ph.D. STUDENTS

• Robert Smits (1996),  Professor, University of Alabama. 

• Arthur J. Lindeman (1997) "Martingales, the Beurling-Ahlfors Transform, and Lower Bounds for Ground State Eigenfunctions" 

• Pedro Henandez-Mendez (2001) Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica. 

• Dahae You: "Sharp Inequalities for Schrodinger operators and Laws of the Iterated Logarithm," May 2002

• Prabhu Janakiraman:  "Weak-Type Estimates for Singular Integrals and Maximal Operators," May 2004

• Ambica Rajagopal: "Continuity Properties of symmetric Stable Processes," May 2006

• Erkan Nane (2006), Professor, Auburn University 

• Bartlomeij Siudeja: (2008), Currently Senior Staff Data Science Engineering. 

• Sarah N. Bryant: (2009), Chief Scientific Advancement Officer AMS.  

• Luis Acuna Valverde  (Download papers here)

• Michael Perlmutter , Assitant Professor, Boise State University   

• Daesung Kim  Doob Instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Chapmaign, Research Assitant Professor, GaTec 

• Timothy Rolling, Marquette University.