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AMS Simons Research Enhancement Grants for Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Faculty Recipients

The AMS is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the AMS Simons Research Enhancement Grants for PUI Faculty. Read the full news release.

Each year for three years, awardees will receive \$3,000 to support research-related activities. Annual discretionary funds for an awardee's department and administrative funds for an awardee's institution will be available to institutions that administer the grant on behalf of the AMS.


2023 AMS Simons Research Enhancement Grants for PUI Faculty Recipients

  • Alejandra Alvarado, Eastern Illinois University
  • Angelynn Alvarez, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott)
  • Christopher Bendel, University of Wisconsin-Stout
  • Arpad Benyi, Western Washington University
  • Edgar Bering, San Jose State University
  • Byungchul Cha, Muhlenberg College
  • Tianran Chen, Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Prince Chidyagwai, Loyola University Maryland
  • Tyrone Crisp, University of Maine
  • Pranabesh Das, Xavier University of Louisiana
  • Aditi Ghosh, Texas A&M University-Commerce
  • Christine Guenther, Pacific University
  • Vivian Olsiewski Healey, Texas State University
  • Catherine Hsu, Swarthmore College
  • Mee Seong Im, United States Naval Academy
  • Marius Ionescu, United States Naval Academy
  • Rafe Jones, Carleton College
  • Jaiung Jun, State University of New York at New Paltz
  • Olena Kozhushkina, Ursinus College
  • Sarah Mason, Wake Forest University
  • Azita Mayeli, Queensborough Community College
  • Allison Miller, Swarthmore College
  • Kathryn Montovan, Bennington College
  • Zokhrab Mustafaev, University of Houston-Clear Lake
  • Robert Muth, Duquesne University
  • Eddy Armand Kwessi Nyandjou, Trinity University
  • Jesús Oliver, California State University, East Bay
  • Patrick Orson, California Polytechnic State University
  • Choongseok Park, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Neel Patel, University of Maine
  • Andrei Bogdan Pavelescu, University of South Alabama
  • Kathleen Petersen, University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Anca Radulescu, State University of New York at New Paltz
  • Alex Rice, Millsaps College
  • Heather M. Russell, University of Richmond
  • Susmita Sadhu, Georgia College & State University
  • Charles Samuels, Christopher Newport University
  • Nicholas A. Scoville, Ursinus College
  • Christopher Seaton, Rhodes College
  • Shoo Seto, California State University, Fullerton
  • Eric Stachura, Kennesaw State University
  • Naomi Tanabe, Bowdoin College
  • Alan Veliz-Cuba, University of Dayton
  • Ismar Volić, Wellesley College
  • Arik Wilbert, University of South Alabama
  • Andrew Wilson, Kennesaw State University