UCLA Mathematics Professor Monica Visan has received the Inaugural Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize, presented by the American Mathematical Society. Visan is being honored for her contributions to nonlinear dispersive and wave equations, specifically through the introduction, development, and applications of the method of commuting flows.
She was honored at the Awards Celebration on January 5, 2026, during the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC. At the same event, she also delivered the 2026 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecture.
In response to receiving the award, Visan commented: “It is a great honor to receive the inaugural Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize in Differential Equations. I am sincerely grateful to the Tomastik family for their generous support in promoting research and scholarship in this field. I would like to thank the Prize Committee for this recognition. I am especially grateful to my collaborators, whose insight and partnership have been invaluable to my work.”
The Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize in Differential Equations is awarded for notable work in Differential Equations published during the preceding six years. The work must be published in a recognized, peer-reviewed venue. The prize is awarded every three years.
Read the official AMS release here.
