We made three hires, two senior and one junior.

Alexander Leibman (PhD, Technion 1995) joins the faculty this Autumn Quarter as an Assistant Professor. Leibman currently works in ergodic theory. He was a postdoc at Stanford in 95-96 and was a Zassenhaus Assistant Professor from 97-99.

Robin Pemantle (PhD, MIT 1988) joins the faculty this Autumn Quarter as a Professor but will be spending the coming academic year at Stanford. Pemantle works in probability theory. Most recently he was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Markus Rost (PhD, University of Regensburg 1986, Habilitation, University of Regensburg 1995) will join the faculty in Autumn Quarter 2000 as a Professor. Rost currently works in algebra including quadratic forms, Galois cohomology and algebraic K-theory. He will spend the coming year at the Institute for Advanced Study.

We have four new Zassenhaus Assistant Professors.

Alexander Hulpke (PhD, Aachen, 1996; Group theory)
Bryna Kra (PhD, 1995 Stanford; Ergodic theory and dynamical systems)
Bernhard Kroetz (PhD, 1998 Erlangen; Representation theory)
Erez Lapid (PhD, 1998 Weizmann Institute; Representation theory)

We have three new Ross Assistant Professors.

Robert Bakula (PhD, Michigan 1997; Several complex variables)
Sharon Brueggeman (PhD, Illinois 1999; Number theory)
Satyan Devadoss (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1999; Topology)

Best wishes,

Peter March
Professor and Chair

Department of Mathematics