Robin Forman

Professor of Mathematics

Senior Vice President and Provost
Phone
504-865-5261
Office Address
200 Gibson Hall

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Harvard University, 1985
M.A. in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1981
B.A., in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1981

Biography

Dr. Forman was appointed Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost in September 2016. He previously served as dean of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University. He has held faculty and administrative appointments at Rice University, and has served as an instructor at MIT and as a visiting professor at the University of Burgundy, Harvard University and the Mathematical Research Institute. Dr. Forman received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctoral degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His research, which has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, focuses on combinatorial methods in topology and geometry.

 

Interests

Bike riding, bird watching, playing chess