Terng, Ein Invited to Give Lectures at International Math Congress

Math professors Chuu-Lian Terng and Lawrence Ein have been invited to
give lectures in geometry and algebra, respectively, at the 2006
International Congress of Mathematicians to be held next summer in Madrid
~V a rare distinction for a single department to have two invited
speakers, particularly in different specialties. Ein, a new member of the
math faculty, is on leave at the University of Illinois at Chicago until
June 2006.

More:http://www.icm2006.o

Nie Receives $1.2 Million to Study Cell Signaling

Qing Nie, associate professor of mathematics, has received a four-year,
$1.2 million grant through a National Science Foundation/National
Institutes of Health joint initiative on mathematical biology, with
funding from the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology of
the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Together with cell
biologists Lee Bardwell and Tau-Mu Yi, and mathematicians Natalia
Komarova and Frederic Wan, Nie will use mathematical, computational and
experimental approaches to understand how proper signal processing occurs

Nie Named Chancellor's Fellow

Qing Nie, associate professor of mathematics, have been awarded
the title of Chancellor's Fellow. The three-year honor recognizes
scholars of exceptional value to the university and whose recent
achievements in scholarship evidence extraordinary promise for
world-class contributions to knowledge.

Natalia Komarova wins Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Three UC Irvine researchers have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
this year: Natalia Komarova, assistant professor of mathematics with a
joint appointment in ecology and evolutionary biology, for mathematics;
Frances Chance, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior, for
neuroscience; and Thorsten Ritz, assistant professor of physics and
astronomy, for molecular biology. All three researchers are associated
with UCI's Center for Complex Biological Systems, an interdisciplinary
center that focuses on the study of biological processes as whole