Sommers appointed program officer at NSF
Eric Sommers, an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been appointed a program officer in the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.Sommers, who begins his appointment Sept. 10, will spend the upcoming year at NSF assisting three other officers handling grant applications to the Algebra and Number Theory Program, which is responsible for grants in the areas of algebraic geometry, number theory, algebra and representation theory.
Sommers, whose work focuses on the representation theory of algebraic groups, joined the faculty in 2001.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
