Daniel K. Nakano

Daniel Ken Nakano (born July 30, 1964)[1] is an American mathematician. Nakano is a Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia; he specializes in representation theory.[2]

Nakano graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986,[1] and earned a doctorate in mathematics from Yale University in 1990 under the supervision of George B. Seligman with thesis Projective Modules over Lie Algebras of Cartan Type.[1][3] After temporary positions at Auburn University and Northwestern University, he became an assistant professor at Utah State University in 1994 and moved to the University of Georgia in 2001.[1]

In 2010, Nakano was named Distinguished Research Professor.[1] In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2015-01-24.
  2. ↑ Five faculty members named inaugural AMS Fellows, U. Georgia Mathematics, retrieved 2015-01-24.
  3. ↑ Daniel K. Nakano at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2015-01-24.