Awards and Rankings
Mathematics
May 10, 2019
University of Portland mathematics professor Hannah Highlander has been awarded the 11th Annual Sigma Xi Outstanding Researcher Award, given annually by the Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research honorary society. She will be honored at a ceremony on May 28. This is the second consecutive year that a UP mathematics faculty member has won the award (professor Aaron Wootton won in 2018.)
Highlander's current scholarship lies in the area of mathematical biology. She has 22 peer reviewed scholarly articles spanning a career of 12 years, a rate which rivals those of some of the most productive mathematicians in the United States — while at the same time teaching three classes per semester. Five of these publications include undergraduate authors — almost one-quarter of her published articles include collaboration with undergraduates.
Highlander's work is tied to topics of deep importance to the UP community, including work on mathematical modeling of the Green Dot Bystander Intervention data to prevent sexual assault. Her summer 2019 undergraduate research project, Mathematical Modeling of Suicide Risk and Assessment of Preventative Measures, could add considerably to the literature on risk factors of suicide among a vulnerable population. She is also a key contributor to the new applied mathematics program (and bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics major) at UP.
More information about the Sigma Xi Outstanding Researcher Award can be found here.
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