Evangelos A. Nikitopoulos

Hello, everyone!  My name is Evangelos Alexander Nikitopoulos, but I go by Vaki (pronounced like "hockey" with a V).  My email address is enikitop [at] umich [dot] edu.  I am a Donald J. Lewis Research Assistant Professor (postdoc) at the University of Michigan (U(M));  my office is East Hall 1832.  I received my PhD in Mathematics, advised by Bruce Driver and Todd Kemp, from the University of California San Diego in June 2024 (dissertation link).

This semester, I am teaching Math 555, an introductory complex analysis course.  Also, I co-organize the Probability and Analysis Seminar with Jinho Baik, Dmitry Chelkak, S. C. Park, and Mark Rudelson and the Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory (ISRMT) Seminar with Jinho Baik, Elliot Blackstone, and Peter Miller.

My research interests are in stochastic and functional analysis, specifically stochastic calculus, stochastic differential equations (SDEs), random matrix theory, free probability, perturbation theory, and multiple operator integrals; numerical analysis; and optimal transport.  My current research focuses are (1) noncommutative stochastic analysis with an eye toward applications in random matrix theory, specifically the study of matrix-valued SDEs, and (2) the use of optimal transport in data/numerical analysis.  Please see the Research section of the website for my papers. 

I went to college at Brown University, where I completed Bachelors of Science in mathematics and chemistry in 2017.  In the year before graduate school (the '17–'18 academic year), I did a Fulbright Scholarship in Budapest, Hungary, where I studied and did research in mathematics.  (Specifically, I did the Fulbright/Budapest Semesters in Mathematics–Rényi Institute Scholarship.)  I was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but my mother's side of the family is from California, and my father's is from Greece.

Here is my CV, last updated on November 7, 2024.  It contains mainly content relevant to mathematics, teaching, and mathematics- or teaching-related volunteering.