Ami Radunskaya

Ami Elizabeth Radunskaya
Ami Radunskaya at AWM Research Symposium, 2017
Alma materStanford University, 1992
Known forDynamical systems, Applications of mathematics to medicine
Scientific career
InstitutionsPomona College
Doctoral advisorDonald Samuel Ornstein

Ami Elizabeth Radunskaya is an American mathematician and musician. After high school and before college she played cello for the Oakland Symphony in California for several years. Radunskaya is currently a professor of mathematics at Pomona College. She has been on faculty at Pomona College for over twenty years. She is the president of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Education

Dr. Radunskaya received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California Berkley. She also has a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Math

Dr. Radunskaya discovered her love of math at the age of four. At the start of her career journey, she tried many different things like chemistry and computer science, but she found her way back to her initial love, math. Now, she is a professor of mathematics at Pomona College. She is also the president of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Music

Dr. Radunskaya started playing the cello at the age of nine where she started a trio with her two other siblings. After finishing high school at the age of sixteen, she spent ten years studying cello and composition. She then joined the Oakland Symphony. At the age of 23, she decided to quit, and instead explore composition and experimental music.

Accomplishments

Dr. Radunskaya received the 2016 mentor award. She has helped over eighty-two of her students to get their Ph.D.’s in mathematics. She was also a subject in the film: The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things.

References

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