School of Mathematics Assistant Professor Gong Chen has been awarded the 2026-2027 American Mathematical Society (AMS) Stefan Bergman Fellowship — an award reserved for exceptional early-career mathematicians. 

“I am honored to receive the fellowship and am deeply grateful to the AMS for this award,” says Chen. 

The Stefan Bergman Fellowship is the society's first award specifically for early-career mathematicians. It supports scholars advancing research in real analysis, complex analysis, or partial differential equations and may be used in whatever capacity most effectively enables their work.

“There is intense competition for the Stefan Bergman Fellowship, but the breadth and depth of Gong's remarkable contributions clearly stood out,” says School of Mathematics Chair Michael Wolf. “We are thrilled that we were able to attract Gong to our faculty, and we are pleased to hear of his well-deserved award."

Chen’s research has earned wide recognition and focuses on problems in mathematical physics through the lens of analysis. He studies dispersive partial differential equations, drawing on harmonic analysis and spectral theory. His work is motivated by the pursuit of a rigorous mathematical understanding of fundamental physical phenomena.

“I owe a profound debt of gratitude to my mentors for their guidance and support, especially my thesis advisor, Wilhelm Schlag. I would also like to thank my collaborators for their inspiration and support, and my family for their unwavering encouragement,” says Chen.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota and received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago. Chen has been an assistant professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech since July 2022.