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PETER TRAPA

Professor

Mathematics

  • Professor
    Mathematics
  • University of Utah, College of Science, 1390 President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Mathematics1 Jul 2011 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice Provost and Senior Dean of the Colleges and Schools of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United StatesMar 2025 - present
  • Dean, College of Science
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United StatesJul 2019 - Mar 2025
  • Dean, College of Mines and Earth Sciences
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United StatesJul 2023 - Mar 2025
  • Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy
    University of Utah, Physics & Astronomy, Salt Lake City, United StatesMar 2018 - Jun 2018
  • Chair, Department of Mathematics
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United StatesJul 2011 - Jun 2017
  • Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
    University of Utah, Mathematics, Salt Lake City, United States1 Jul 2001 - present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Harvard University, Department of Mathematics, Cambridge, United States1 Jul 2000 - 30 Jun 2003
  • Member
    Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics, Princeton, United States1 Jul 1998 - 30 Jun 2000

DEGREES

  • BA, Mathematics and Integrated Science
    Northwestern University1993
  • PhD, Mathematics
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology1998

FIELDS OF RESEARCH