{"687033":{"#nid":"687033","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chen Named Bergman Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/gong-chen\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGong Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has been awarded the 2026-2027 American Mathematical Society (AMS)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/programs\/ams-fellowships\/bergman-fellow\u0022\u003EStefan Bergman Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 an award reserved for exceptional early-career mathematicians.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am honored to receive the fellowship and am deeply grateful to the AMS for this award,\u201d says Chen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe Stefan Bergman Fellowship is the society\u0027s 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThere is intense competition for the Stefan Bergman Fellowship, but the breadth and depth of Gong\u0027s remarkable contributions clearly stood out,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cWe are thrilled that we were able to attract Gong to our faculty, and we are pleased to hear of his well-deserved award.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EChen\u2019s 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI owe a profound debt of gratitude to my mentors for their guidance and support, especially my thesis advisor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWilhelm Schlag\u003C\/strong\u003E. I would also like to thank my collaborators for their inspiration and support, and my family for their unwavering encouragement,\u201d says Chen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHe earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Esumma cum laude,\u003C\/em\u003E 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.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Gong Chen, winner of the 2026-2027 AMS Stefan Bergman Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Congratulations to Gong Chen, winner of the 2026-2027 AMS Stefan Bergman Fellowship."}],"uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2025-12-30 15:30:10","changed_gmt":"2026-01-13 22:24:29","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678904":{"id":"678904","type":"image","title":"Gong Chen","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGong Chen\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1767127050","gmt_created":"2025-12-30 20:37:30","changed":"1767127050","gmt_changed":"2025-12-30 20:37:30","alt":"Man sitting in wall in front of brick building.","file":{"fid":"263000","name":"IMG_7035-2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4852545,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png?itok=OJKdlm_g"}}},"media_ids":["678904"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2748","name":"mathematics"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"},{"id":"193733","name":"_for_math_site_manual_feed_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Segraves Smith, writer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.smith@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}