Pollack named 2025 AMS Fellow

University of Georgia faculty member Paul Pollack is one of forty-one mathematicians from around the world named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2025, the program's thirteenth year.

AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. 

Pollack, professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of mathematics, is one of the principal organizers of the UGA High School Math Tournament and has served as a faculty mentor for a week-long UGA MathCamp. He continues to work with the Ross Program, an international program that provides college-level immersive learning in mathematics for high school students. Pollack directed the Ross/Asia Mathematics Program in 2018, taught advanced courses at the Ross Program 2019- 2021, and 2024 and was one of the principal lecturers at the 2022 Ohio and 2023 Indiana camps. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications (books and papers).

"There are so many Fellows who have made incredible contributions to the profession, whether through research, teaching or service," said Pollack, who received a Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2022. "It's an honor and a humbling experience to be added to this list."

Pollack's research interests include elementary and analytic number theory, statistical questions about algebraic objects.

"On behalf of our faculty, students, and staff, I am delighted to congratulate Paul Pollack on his election as a Fellow of the AMS," said Michael Usher, professor and head of the mathematics department. "This is a well-deserved recognition of his prolific research in number theory and his wide-ranging successes as a teacher and mentor."

Image: Paul Pollack (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)