We made three hires, two senior and one junior.

Alexander Leibman [0] (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.

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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 [0] (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 [0] (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1999; Topology)

Best wishes,

Peter March
Professor and Chair

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