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Mladen Bestvina (born 1959) is a Croatian-American mathematician working in the area of geometric group theory. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah. ==Biographical info== Mladen Bestvina is a three-time medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad (two silver medals in 1976 and 1978 and a bronze medal in 1977). He received a B. Sc. in 1982 from the University of Zagreb.〔(Research brochure: Mladen Bestvina ), Department of Mathematics, University of Utah. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 He obtained a PhD in Mathematics in 1984 at the University of Tennessee under the direction of John Walsh.〔(Mladen F. Bestvina, ) Mathematics Genealogy Project. Accessed February 8, 2010.〕 He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1987-88 and again in 1990-91.〔(Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars )〕 Bestvina had been a faculty member at UCLA, and joined the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah in 1993.〔(Mladen Bestvina: Distinguished Professor, ) ''Aftermath'', vol. 8, no. 4, April 2008. Department of Mathematics, University of Utah.〕 He was appointed a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in 2008.〔 Bestvina received the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 1988–89〔(Sloan Fellows. ) Department of Mathematics, University of Utah. Accessed February 8, 2010〕〔(Sloan Research Fellowships, ) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 and a Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1988–91.〔(Award Abstract #8857452. Mathematical Sciences: Presidential Young Investigator. ) National Science Foundation. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 Bestvina gave an invited address at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing in 2002.〔(Invited Speakers for ICM2002. ) Notices of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 48, no. 11, December 2001; pp. 1343 1345〕 He also gave a Unni Namboodiri Lecture in Geometry and Topology at the University of Chicago.〔(Annual Lecture Series. ) Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago. Accessed February 9, 2010〕 Bestvina served as an Editorial Board member for the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.〔(Officers and Committee Members, ) Notices of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 54, no. 9, October 2007, pp. 1178 1187〕 He is currently an associate editor of the Annals of Mathematics〔(Editorial Board, ) Annals of Mathematics. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 and an Editorial Board member for Geometric and Functional Analysis,〔(Editorial Board, ) Geometric and Functional Analysis. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 the ''Journal of Topology and Analysis'',〔(Editorial Board. ) ''Journal of Topology and Analysis''. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 ''Groups, Geometry and Dynamics'',〔(Editorial Board, ) ''Groups, Geometry and Dynamics''. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 ''Michigan Mathematical Journal'',〔(Editorial Board, ) ''Michigan Mathematical Journal''. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 ''Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics'',〔(Editorial Board ), ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 and ''Glasnik Matematicki''.〔(Editorial Board ), Glasnik Matematicki. Accessed February 8, 2010〕 In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.〔(List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society ), retrieved 2012-11-10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mladen Bestvina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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