Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen#
| Membership Number: | 5023 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2504-1709 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1997 - present Professor of Numerical Analysis and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford
- 2017 - 2018 Visiting Researcher, ENS-Lyon
- 2013 - 2019 Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, New York University
- 2010 Von Neumann Professor, TU Munich
- 2010 Matheon Professor, TU Berlin
- 1991 - 1997 Associate and Full Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University
- 1984 - 1991 Assistant and Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1982 - 1984 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Courant Institute, New York University
Fields of Scholarship
- Approximation theory
- Applied mathematics
- Numerical analysis
Honours and Awards
- 2020 invited lecture, 8th European Congress of Mathematics, Slovenia
- 2019 Honorary doctorate, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- 2019 Honorary doctorate, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
- 2017 Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (USA)
- 2013 Naylor Prize, London Mathematical Society (UK)
- 2012 - 2017 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2011 Gold Medal, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (UK)
- 2007 National Academy of Engineering (USA)
- 2005 Fellowship of the Royal Society (UK)
- 1998 invited lecture, International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin
- 1995 invited lecture, International Congress on Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Hamburg
- 1986 - 1991 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (USA)
- 1986 - 1988 IBM Faculty Development Award (USA)
- 1985 First Prize, Fox Competition in Numerical Analysis (UK)
- 1982 - 1984 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (USA)
- 1980 - 1982 Hertz Foundation Fellowship (USA)
- 1977 - 1980 NSF Graduate Fellowship (USA)
- 1975 Phi Beta Kappa: 1(elected as a Junior at Harvard College)
