Helen Moore (mathematician)
Helen Elizabeth Moore is an American mathematician. Originally a differential geometer,[1][2] she moved from academia to industry and from pure to applied mathematics, and in particular the applications of control theory to combination therapy in the health industry.[3] She is affiliated with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.[4]
Education and career[edit]
Moore grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her interest in mathematics came from her grandfather, an architect.[1] In her last two years of high school, she attended a state magnet school, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.[1][3] Next, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, initially studying physics but shifting to mathematics,[1] and starting an ongoing mathematics competition club at the university.[3] She completed her Ph.D. at Stony Brook University with a doctorate in differential geometry and minimal surface theory, Minimal Submanifolds with Various Curvature Bounds, supervised by Michael T. Anderson.[2] She was frequently the only woman in her undergraduate classes, and the only woman of ten in her graduate program when she entered to leave with a Ph.D.[5]
After completing her doctorate, Moore taught at Bowdoin College and, on a sabbatical from Bowdoin, at Stanford University. While at Stanford, she became interested in disease modeling. She became Associate Director of the American Institute of Mathematics,[1] while continuing to work as a mentor to women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Stanford.[6] From there she moved to industry, working for Bristol-Myers Squibb[7] and later AstraZeneca.[4] Moore was elected to the council of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2016.[7] Furthermore, as of 2023 Moore serves as the Vice-Chair for the SIAM's Activity Group on Life Sciences.[8]
Recognition[edit]
In 2018, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics listed Moore as a Fellow, "for impactful industrial application of mathematical modeling in oncology, immunology, and virology. For mentoring, teaching, and leadership."[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Shubin, Sergei (2003), I Seek an Answer to the Question "Why?" - Dr. Helen Moore, Association for Women in Mathematics
- ^ a b Helen Moore at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b c Diaz-Lopez, Alexander (August 2016), "Helen Moore Interview" (PDF), The Graduate Student Section, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 63 (7): 768–770, doi:10.1090/noti1405
- ^ a b c SIAM Fellows: Class of 2018, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, retrieved 2018-10-31
- ^ Trei, Lisa (February 15, 2006), "Biases must be tackled to achieve gender equity in mathematics, scholars argue", Stanford Report
- ^ "Mentoring Women in the Sciences", Stanford Magazine, September–October 2003
- ^ a b "Meet SIAM's Newest Leadership: Board and Council", SIAM News, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, November 21, 2016, retrieved 2018-10-31
- ^ "SIAM Activity Groups Election Results". SIAM News. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- Living people
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- Bowdoin College faculty
- Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- 20th-century American women mathematicians
- 21st-century American women mathematicians