Botong Wang is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame and KU Leuven before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a particularly prolific mathematician with spectacular achievements in several different subjects of mathematics, including, combinatorics, algebraic geometry, and topology. Dr. Wang’s research has been acknowledged by several awards from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation. He also successfully advises several students and postdocs, and enjoys working with undergraduate students in the Putnam club.
A word from Timo Seppalainen, Chair of Mathematics:
The Department of Mathematics congratulates Dr. Botong Wang for his promotion to Associate Professor. Dr. Wang is a talented mathematician and a successful mentor to many graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs. We look eagerly forward to Dr. Wang’s future achievements.