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UCSB Professor Björn Birnir's work on capelin and climate change published by SIAM News

The SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) News Blog has published research into climate change's effects on capelin by Björn Birnir (University of California, Santa Barbara), Alethea Barbaro (Case Western Reserve University), and Sam Subbey (Institute of Marine Research, Bergen).

Their research focused on on simulating and predicting the migratory patterns of capelin, an essential part of the arctic and sub-arctic marine food web. These patterns have become less consistent as the oceans have warmed and salinity levels have changed. Besides the potential consequences to commericial fisheries, the research shows how the capelin's migratory changes serve as something of a "canary in the coal mine" signaling trends in Arctic ocean conditions.

Recruitment: Visiting Assistant Professor

VISITING POSITIONS: One or more special one-year visiting assistant professorships may be available, with possibility of renewal for additional years, up to three years in total. These positions carry a teaching load of 4.5 one-quarter courses per year. Excellence in research, potential for interaction with faculty at UC Santa Barbara and evidence of (or potential for) good teaching are desired. Appointments to be effective July 1, 2020.

For the complete job posting and application instructions, see https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01611 

Recruitment: Tenured Faculty Position: Algebra

The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the level of Associate or Full Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020. The Department is looking for individuals with particular emphasis in the area of Algebra, broadly construed.

To read the job posting and apply, please visit https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01638.

Recruitment: Assistant Level Faculty Position – Data Science

Ashlee Kalauli presented with Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Mathematics graduate student Ashlee Kalauli was presented with the Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at the beginning of the Spring quarter.  Congratulations Ashlee!  A very well deserved award in recognition of Ashlee’s exceptional teaching skills.

Nancy Scherich takes top spot in UCSB Art of Science contest

Mathematics graduate student Nancy Scherich's modern dance video, "Math Dance 2," won first place in this year's Art of Science competition. Art of Science encourages members of the UCSB community to show the artistic side of their field of study, as a way of engaging the public in what can otherwise be esoteric topics. Scherich's video illustrates three different but interrelated Mathematics disciplines -- algebra, geometry, and topology. You can see the winning video, and learn about the runners-up, in The Current.

Xin Zhou receives Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship

Xin Zhou, an assistant professor in the UCSB Mathematics department, has received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This fellowship is awarded annually to researchers nominated by their peers for promising early-career achievements.

Zhou, whose research interests include differential geometry and general relativity, investigates the geometric properties of surfaces. His current research focuses on mathematical models for soap bubbles, which involve interesting differential geometry that also applies to the boundaries of black holes.

Colloquium: Gabriel Paternain (University of Cambridge)