Awarded to students upon the completion of their dissertation work. The James C. Alexander Prize for Graduate Research in Mathematics (Alexander Prize) is an award for outstanding Ph.D. dissertation in any field of mathematics, and is open to students in Math/STAT/AMSC who have defended their dissertation after September of the current academic school year. The Prize is endowed by a generous gift from our late colleague Jay Alexander's student Lawrence J. Baker, Ph.D. 1978, with matching funds from ExxonMobil Corporation. A nomination packet includes a copy of the dissertation and a 1-2 pages nomination letter written by the thesis advisor.

• 2023-24
  
  Andrew (Luke) Evans

  Nakyung (Rachel) Lee

• 2022-23

Jin-Peng Liu

• 2021-22

Dani Kaufman

• 2020-21

Kyle Liss

• 2019-20

Patrick Daniels

Ke Xue

• 2018-19

Ying Han

Pratima Hebbar

• 2017-18

Weilin Li

Samuel Punshon-Smith

• 2016-2017

Jean-Phillipe Burelle

Tingyue Gan

• 2015-2016

Richard Rast

• 2014-2015

Michael Salins