Kasia Jankiewicz, assistant math professor at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in its School of Mathematics for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas among an international community of scholars at one of the foremost centers for intellectual inquiry.
During her stay, Jankiewicz will continue her research in geometric group theory. In particular, she will investigate the subgroup structure of Coxeter groups, Artin groups, and other related groups. "I am honored and very excited to spend this academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study," she said. "I look forward to expanding and deepening my research program, making new connections, and exchanging ideas with the research community at the institute."
Each year, IAS welcomes more than 250 of the most promising post-doctoral researchers and distinguished scholars from around the world to advance fundamental discovery as part of an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. According to AIS, visiting scholars are selected through a highly competitive process for their bold ideas, innovative methods, and deep research questions by the permanent faculty—each of whom are preeminent leaders in their fields. Past IAS faculty include Albert Einstein, Erwin Panofsky, John von Neumann, Hetty Goldman, George Kennan, and J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Located in Princeton, N.J., the Institute for Advanced Study was established in 1930. Today, research at IAS is conducted across four schools—historical studies, mathematics, natural sciences, and social science—to push the boundaries of knowledge.
Among past and present scholars, there have been 35 Nobel laureates, 44 of the 62 Fields Medalists, and 23 of the 27 Abel Prize laureates, as well as MacArthur and Guggenheim fellows, winners of the Turing Award and the Wolf, Holberg, Kluge, and Pulitzer Prizes. To learn more about the current scholars, please visit IAS online.
