{"590689":{"#nid":"590689","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Matt Baker Awarded Simons Fellowship ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Simons Foundation\u0026rsquo;s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division named \u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX208162554\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/matt-baker\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMatt Baker\u003C\/a\u003E a \u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX208162554\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/mathematics-physical-sciences\/simons-fellow-program\/simons-fellows-awardees-mathematics\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2017 Simons Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E. The Simons Fellows in Mathematics program provides research leaves that allow recipients to take time away from the classroom and academic administrations, promoting intellectual stimulation and heightening creativity and productivity in their research. The recipients of this high profile award appeared in the \u0026quot;Science Times\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp; section of the New York Times this past March.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker\u0026#39;s research will cover Tropical Geometry, Combinatorics, and Dynamics. Baker was also an invited speaker at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in early January. He was also featured in the \u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCX208162554\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/590276\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGet to know the School of Math Prof\u003C\/a\u003E last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Matt Baker receives 2017 Simons Fellowship in Mathematics. "}],"uid":"34469","created_gmt":"2017-04-20 14:29:32","changed_gmt":"2017-09-15 16:25:09","author":"nmcleish3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590690":{"id":"590690","type":"image","title":"Matthew Baker","body":null,"created":"1492698682","gmt_created":"2017-04-20 14:31:22","changed":"1492698682","gmt_changed":"2017-04-20 14:31:22","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225040","name":"IMG_1302_med.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1302_med.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1302_med.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58361,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1302_med.JPG?itok=zWBv5Jci"}}},"media_ids":["590690"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}