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Kavita Ramanan is the Roland George Dwight Richardson University Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University and serves as the Associate Director of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM). She has previously held the position of Deputy Director and has been the Associate Chair of the Division of Applied Mathematics since 2017. Her research primarily focuses on probability theory and stochastic processes, where she has made significant contributions to large deviations, stochastic analysis, interacting particle systems, and high-dimensional probability. Ramanan received her Ph.D. from Brown University in 1998 and has since held positions at renowned institutions, including Carnegie Mellon University. Ramanan has received multiple prestigious awards such as the Erlang Prize from the INFORMS Applied Probability Society, the Simons Fellowship, and the Guggenheim Fellowship. She is an elected fellow of several professional societies, including the American Mathematical Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Moreover, Ramanan is active in math outreach initiatives, leading a group called Math CoOp to popularize mathematics at various educational levels.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in probability theory and stochastic processes.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Taught and conducted research in applied mathematics.
Department: Department of Economics