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Lisa Orloff Clark

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Lisa Orloff Clark
AwardsAitken Lectureship
Academic background
Alma materDartmouth College
Thesis
  • Classifying the Type of Groupoid C*-algebras (2004)
Doctoral advisorDana Peter Williams
Academic work
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington

Lisa Orloff Clark is a New Zealand mathematician, and as of 2023 is a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington and Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics. She works in the field of algebra, and also on inquiry-based learning in mathematics education.

Academic career

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Clark completed a PhD titled Classifying the Type of Groupoid C*-algebras at Dartmouth College in 2004.[1] Clark then joined the faculty of the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor in 2023.[2] She has published on C*-algebras, groupoids, Steinberg algebras and Leavitt path algebras.

Clark is the Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Victoria University of Wellington.[3] She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics.[4]

In 2018 Clark was an associate investigator on a Marsden grant led by Astrid an Huef and Iain Raeburn, titled Through the looking glass: sharpening the classification program through implications for operator algebras of graphs and groupoids.[5] In 2021 Clark and van Huef were joint principal investigators on another successful Marsden grant, called Establishing a structure theory for C*-algebras of non-Hausdorff groupoids.[6][2]

Honours and awards

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In 2017 Clark was awarded the New Zealand Mathematical Society's top prize, the Kalman Prize for best paper.[2][7] She was a plenary speaker at the NZMS colloquium in 2019.[8]

In 2022 Clark was awarded the Aitken Lectureship, a joint award between the New Zealand and London Mathematical Societies. Clark gave lectures at Queen's University Belfast, Durham University, Aberystwyth University and at the London Mathematical Society annual meeting.[9]

Selected works

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  • Howard Barnum; Jonathan Barrett; Lisa Orloff Clark; Matthew Leifer; Robert Spekkens; Nicholas Stepanik; Alex Wilce; Robin Wilke (15 March 2010). "Entropy and information causality in general probabilistic theories". New Journal of Physics. 12 (3): 033024. arXiv:0909.5075. Bibcode:2010NJPh...12c3024B. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/033024. ISSN 1367-2630. Zbl 1360.81026. Wikidata Q62105858.
  • Jonathan Brown; Lisa Orloff Clark; Cynthia Farthing; Aidan Sims (14 November 2013). "Simplicity of algebras associated to étale groupoids". Semigroup Forum. 88 (2): 433–452. doi:10.1007/S00233-013-9546-Z. ISSN 0037-1912. Zbl 1304.46046. Wikidata Q123777470.
  • Lisa Orloff Clark; Claire Flynn; Astrid an Huef (February 2014). "Kumjian–Pask algebras of locally convex higher-rank graphs". Journal of Algebra. 399: 445–474. doi:10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2013.09.041. ISSN 0021-8693. Zbl 1303.16003. Wikidata Q123777469.
  • Lisa Orloff Clark; Ellis Dawson (29 December 2022). "Strong gradings on Leavitt path algebras, Steinberg algebras and their $$C^*$$-completions". Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics. 58 (2): 453–464. doi:10.1007/S10801-022-01191-6. ISSN 0925-9899. Wikidata Q123777467.

References

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  1. ^ "Lisa Clark - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". mathgenealogy.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Victoria University of Wellington (7 February 2023). "Promotion to Professor 2022 | News | Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ Victoria University of Wellington. "Academic profile: Professor Lisa Orloff Clark". people.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "JIBLM.org - Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics - Editorial Board>". jiblm.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Marsden Fund awards 2018". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Marsden Fund awards 2021". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ^ "New Zealand Mathematical Society : Awards and Prizes". nzmathsoc.org.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ^ "NZMS 2019 Colloquium : Home". nzmathsoc.org.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. ^ "LMS-NZMS Forder and Aitken Lectureships | London Mathematical Society". www.lms.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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