{"663373":{"#nid":"663373","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jen Hom Named 2023 American Mathematical Society Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/jhom6.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJen Hom\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, has been named to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ams.org\/cgi-bin\/fellows\/fellows_by_year.cgi\u0022\u003E2023 Class of Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society\u003C\/a\u003E for her \u0026ldquo;contributions to low-dimensional topology, Heegaard Floer homology, and service to the mathematical community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. \u0026ldquo;It is an honor to welcome a new class of AMS Fellows and to congratulate them for their notable contributions to mathematics research and service to the profession,\u0026rdquo; said AMS President Ruth Charney.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom joined Georgia Tech in 2015 and is a previous recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/hom-ito-and-moffat-are-2018-cullen-peck-fellows\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences Cullen-Peck Fellowship Award\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a great honor to be named an AMS Fellow, and to join this esteemed list of mathematicians that includes many of my mentors,\u0026rdquo; Hom said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on \u0026ldquo;knots, surfaces, and their higher dimensional analogs,\u0026rdquo; referring to certain mathematical structures embedded in three-dimensional space. Rather than the kinds of knots used in ropes and shoelaces, the ends of strings in mathematical knots are joined together. Surfaces, meanwhile, refer to the outsides of malleable geometric shapes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKnots and surfaces are found in topology, the study of surfaces and shapes that can be bent, twisted and otherwise deformed but never broken or torn. Heegaard Floer homology helps mathematicians make sense of these shapes, Hom said. \u0026ldquo;Heegaard Floer homology is a powerful tool for studying these objects that helps translate questions about shapes into questions about algebra.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore coming to Georgia Tech, Hom was Ritt Assistant Professor at Columbia University, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. She received her B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia, and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"School of Mathematics associate professor Jen Hom is recognized by the  American Mathematical Society for her topology research and service to the mathematical community "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Mathematics associate professor Jen Hom is recognized by the\u0026nbsp;American Mathematical Society for her topology research and service to the mathematical community\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Mathematics associate professor Jen Hom is recognized by the  American Mathematical Society for her topology research and service to the mathematical community."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-11-21 21:08:24","changed_gmt":"2023-03-02 19:45:47","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663645":{"id":"663645","type":"image","title":"Jen Hom","body":null,"created":"1670272281","gmt_created":"2022-12-05 20:31:21","changed":"1670272281","gmt_changed":"2022-12-05 20:31:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251217","name":"Jen Home Headshot #2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jen%20Home%20Headshot%20%232.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jen%20Home%20Headshot%20%232.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1747781,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jen%20Home%20Headshot%20%232.png?itok=ePRQLOG-"}}},"media_ids":["663645"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/hom-ito-and-moffat-are-2018-cullen-peck-fellows","title":"Hom, Ito, and Moffat are 2018 Cullen-Peck Fellows"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-geometry-and-topology-group-wins-21-million-nsf-grant","title":"Georgia Tech Geometry and Topology Group Wins $2.1 Million NSF Grant"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/school-mathematics-celebrates-three-researchers-receiving-very-high-prestige-invitations","title":"School of Mathematics Celebrates Three Researchers Receiving \u201cVery High Prestige\u201d Invitations to Lecture at Major Global Math Co"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/fiscal-year-2021-roundup-college-sciences-continues-research-pandemic-year","title":"Fiscal Year 2021 Roundup: College of Sciences Continues Research in Pandemic Year"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"191669","name":"Jen How"},{"id":"191670","name":"2023 American Mathematical Society Fellows"},{"id":"14817","name":"topology"},{"id":"178269","name":"knot theory"},{"id":"185071","name":"Surfaces"},{"id":"191671","name":"Heegaard Floer homology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERenay San Miguel\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\/Science Writer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-5209\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["renay.san@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}