MPS Scientific Advisory Board

Sergiu Klainerman is Higgins professor of mathematics at Princeton University. Klainerman has made important contributions to the study of nonlinear wave equations in continuum mechanics, relativistic field theories and General Relativity (GR).

Bryna Kra is the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University. Kra’s work lies at the intersection of dynamics, combinatorics, and number theory.

Robin Pemantle is the Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania since 2003. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics.

Bjorn Poonen is the current Distinguished Professor in Science at MIT. Poonen's research lies principally in number theory and algebraic geometry.