Ken Ono

Ken Ono is the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics. He is a Fellow of the Shannon Center for Advanced Studies. He is also a Professor of Data Science by Courtesy, and a Professor Affiliate in the Department of Statistics. He is actively involved in mentoring of students of all ages. He has been organizing research programs for undergraduates for 25 years, and he has advised 34 PhD students and 17 postdocs. 

Ono's service has included various leadership roles, such as Vice President of the American Mathematical Society, Chair of the Mathematics Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the US National Committee for Mathematics at the US National Academy of Sciences, member of the advisory board of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, US delegate to the General Assembly of the International Mathematics Union, and Chairman of the UVA Mathematics. He is the Vice President of the Institute for Advanced Study board of trustees, and he sits on the National Security Agency Advisory Board. 

Ono earned his PhD in Mathematics from UCLA in 1993, and he earned his BA in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1989. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, and an NSF CAREER Award. In 2000 he received a Presidential Early Career Award at a ceremony at the White House. In 2005 he was named the National Science Foundation Director’s Distinguished Teaching Scholar, the highest honor awarded by NSF for excellence in research and teaching. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and an Honorary Member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and he is the recipient of the 2023 University of Chicago Alumni Medal for Professional Achievement.