Sherry Gong
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Sherry Gong is an American mathematician specializing in low-dimensional topology and known as one of the most successful female competitors at the International Mathematical Olympiad. She is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University.
Early life and education
[edit]Gong was born in New York City to two mathematicians, Guihua Gong and Liangqing Li, both later affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico. She grew up in Toronto, Puerto Rico, and New Hampshire.[1]
She received an AB in mathematics from Harvard College, and a PhD in mathematics from MIT in 2018. Her dissertation, Results on Spectral Sequences for Monopole and Singular Instanton Floer Homologies, was supervised by Tomasz Mrowka.[2]
Mathematics competitions
[edit]Gong is the second U.S. woman (after Alison Miller won in 2004[3]) to win a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad, which Gong won in 2007, earning a tie for seventh place out of 536 participants[4] (she scored a 32). She was the only woman on the U.S. team that year, and also one of only three women ever to make the U.S. team.[4] She also tied for first place in the China Mathematical Olympiad for Girls in 2007.[4][1]
Gong participated in IMO five times, winning HM in 2002, bronze in 2003, silver in 2004 and 2005 and gold in 2007. In 2005 she was named the 2005 Clay Olympiad Scholar.[1] In 2006 she earned a silver medal at the 2006 International Physics Olympiad.[5] She was a winner (top twelve) at the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad in 2005, 2006, and 2007, including placing 2nd in 2007.
In 2010 Gong helped coach the U.S. team that competed in the China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad; five team members won gold medals.
Career
[edit]After completing her doctorate, Gong did postdoctoral research as a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles,[6] and as a Maryam Mirzakhani Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. She is currently an assistant professor of mathematics at Texas A&M University.
Prize and Award
[edit]In 2011, Gong won the Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman.[7]
In 2024, she was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER award.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sherry Gong named Clay Olympiad Scholar". Clay Mathematics Institute. June 27, 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11.
- ^ Sherry Gong at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Math Forum @ Drexel: Congratulations, Alison!". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ^ a b c "Math Competitions: Sherry Gong's Striking Success". Maa.org. 2007-09-19. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "American Physical Society website, article title "US Team Garners 4 Gold, 1 Silver at Physics Olympiad in Singapore."". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Sherry Gong". UCLA Mathematics. Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ^ "Math In The News". Mathdl.maa.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2011-04-09.