Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

Personal Profile of Rodolfo H. Torres

Biography

Rodolfo H. Torres is the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development and a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Before arriving to UCR in 2019, he was University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, at the University of Kansas (KU) where he served for more than six years in the Office of Research, first as Associate Vice Chancellor and then as Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and President of the Kansas University Center for Research Inc. (KUCR). He is also a former Faculty Senate President at KU. He is currently co-chair of the Human Resources Advisory Committee and member of the Board of Trustees of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, California, and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Research on Innovation in Science (IRIS), Ann Arbor, Michigan. Torres did his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, and held postdoctoral positions at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, before moving to KU. Torres’ research interests include Fourier analysis and its applications in partial differential equations, signal analysis, and biology. He specializes in the study of singular integrals, function spaces, and decomposition techniques and is most recognized for his work with various collaborators on several foundational aspects of the multilinear Calderón-Zygmund theory. Torres has collaborated with biologists to explain structural coloration phenomena in the tissues of animals, a work that received considerable scientific media attention including articles in The New York Times, Science Magazine, and Discovery Channel on-line. In addition, he recently collaborated with an economist and computer scientists on the use of machine learning techniques to automatize an award classification process related to the Higher Education Research and Development Survey (HERD) collected annually by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Torres’ research has been supported by grants from the NSF and he has given numerous lectures and taught short courses around the world. He has also received several awards for his efforts with students, including a Kemper Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2013 Torres was elected to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), in 2017 he was featured in the Lathisms Calendar of Latinxs and Hispanics in Mathematical Sciences and the AMS, and in 2019 presented a Congressional Briefing invited by the AMS and the MSRI.

Name	Office	Start Date	End Date
Board of Trustees		Mar 01, 2023	Feb 28, 2027

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Board of Trustees

Mar 01, 2023

Feb 28, 2027

Name	Office	Start Date	End Date
Board of Trustees	Ex officio HRAC Co-Chair	Apr 01, 2019	Mar 31, 2021
Broadening Participation Advisory	Co-Chair (4/1/19-3/31/21)	Apr 01, 2016	Mar 31, 2021
Committee on Trustees		Apr 01, 2020	Mar 31, 2021
Steering Committee	Ex officio, HRAC Co-Chair	Apr 01, 2019	Mar 31, 2021

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Board of Trustees

Ex officio HRAC Co-Chair

Apr 01, 2019

Mar 31, 2021

Broadening Participation Advisory

Co-Chair (4/1/19-3/31/21)

Apr 01, 2016

Mar 31, 2021