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Monica A. Nevins (born 1973) is a Canadian mathematician, and a professor of mathematics and statistics at the
University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
. Her research interests include
abstract algebra In mathematics, more specifically algebra, abstract algebra or modern algebra is the study of algebraic structures, which are set (mathematics), sets with specific operation (mathematics), operations acting on their elements. Algebraic structur ...
,
representation theory Representation theory is a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebra, abstract algebraic structures by ''representing'' their element (set theory), elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies Module (mathematics), ...
,
algebraic group In mathematics, an algebraic group is an algebraic variety endowed with a group structure that is compatible with its structure as an algebraic variety. Thus the study of algebraic groups belongs both to algebraic geometry and group theory. Man ...
s, and mathematical
cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logy, -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of Adversary (cryptography), ...
.


Education and career

Nevins went to high school in
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, Quebec. She graduated from the
University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
in 1994, and completed a PhD in mathematics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...
in 1998. Her dissertation, ''Admissible Nilpotent Coadjoint Orbits of p-adic Reductive Lie Groups'', was supervised by
David Vogan David Alexander Vogan Jr. (born September 8, 1954) is a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who works on unitary representations of simple Lie groups. While studying at the University of Chicago, he became a Putnam Fellow i ...
. After postdoctoral research at the
University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...
, Nevins joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa, where she was promoted to full professor in 2014.


Recognition

Nevins was the 2010–2011 winner of the University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Teaching. She was elected as a fellow of the
Canadian Mathematical Society The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS; French: ''Société mathématique du Canada'') is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to advancing mathematical research, outreach, scholarship and education in Canada. The Society se ...
in 2019.


Personal

Her husband, Ralph Nevins, is a computer scientist and mathematical artist.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevins, Monica 1973 births Living people Canadian women mathematicians University of Ottawa alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Academic staff of the University of Ottawa Fellows of the Canadian Mathematical Society