Honors

  • ILAS Speaker, SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, 2021
  • Plenary Speaker, Southeastern Combinatorics Conference, 2021
  • ELA Lecture, SIAM Linear Algebra Conference, 2020
  • Lifetime Ellbogen Award, University of Wyoming, 2019
  • A&S Top 10 Prof, 2004, 2006, 2009
  • A &S Exemplary Faculty Award, 2009
  • Plenary Lecturer, IMA PI Summer Program on Linear Algebra & Applications, 2008
  • ILAS-SIAM Lecturer, 2008
  • Olga Taussky-John Todd Lecturer, International Linear Algebra Society, 2007
  • George Duke Humphrey Award, the highest honor for faculty at the U. Wyoming,
  • 2006
  • Outstanding Graduate Mentor, 2006
  • Rocky Mountain Section MAA, Burton Jones Teaching Award, 2005
  • ILAS-SIAM Lecturer, 2003
  • Ellbogen Outstanding Teacher; the highest recognition for teaching at U. Wyoming, 1997 Warming up the Chill Award, Ellbogen Center for Teaching Excellence 1997
  • A &S Extraordinary Merit in Research, 1991, 1996
  • Young Scholar Award at Int’l Graph Theory Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1992
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989