Arlie Petters | |
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| Born | Arlie Oswald Petters February 8, 1964 |
| Alma mater | Hunter College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Mathematical theory of gravitational lensing |
| Awards | Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship NSF CAREER Award Blackwell-Tapia Prize Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
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| Doctoral advisors | Bertram Kostant David Spergel |
Arlie Oswald Petters, MBE (born February 8, 1964) is a Belizean-American mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor of mathematics and a professor of physics and economics at Duke University.[1] Petters became the provost at New York University Abu Dhabi effective September 1, 2020.[2] Petters is a founder of mathematical astronomy, focusing on problems connected to the interplay of gravity and light and employing tools from astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, high energy physics, differential geometry, singularities, and probability theory.[3] His monograph "Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing" developed a mathematical theory of gravitational lensing. Petters was also the dean of academic affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Duke University (2016-2019).[4]
- ^ "Arlie O. Petters, Benjamin Powell Professor & Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration and Bass Fellow and Dean of Academic Affairs of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics". fds.duke.edu.
- ^ Dhabi, NYU Abu. "Arlie Petters Selected as Provost of NYU Abu Dhabi". New York University Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Arlie O. Petters - Mathematicians of the African Diaspora". www.math.buffalo.edu.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae of Arlie O. Petters, Department of Mathematics, Duke University" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-10.