Ruth I. Michler Prize 2025-2026

Ling Xiao, University of Connecticut

Citation: Ling Xiao is the recipient of the 2025-2026 Ruth I. Michler Prize for her research accomplishments in geometric analysis and partial differential equations. Ling Xiao works on the analysis of geometric flows, such as mean curvature flow, and associated nonlinear partial differential equations. She has made significant contributions to the study of curvature flows in Euclidean space and in Minkowski space, and to the asymptotic Plateau problem for constant-curvature hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.

Dr. Xiao received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2013. She was then a postdoctoral researcher at SLMath Institute (formerly MSRI), a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University, and a Hill Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, before moving to the University of Connecticut as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2017. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023. In 2024 she is a Research Member at SLMath Institute.

Response from Xiao: It is a great honor to be the recipient of the 2025-2026 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize. I am very grateful for the committee’s recognition of my work in Geometric Analysis and PDE. I also want to thank the Michler family, the AWM, and the Cornell Mathematics Department for the opportunity to spend one semester at Cornell to focus on research. Finally, I would like to thank my mentors and colleagues for their constant help, support, and encouragement through all these years.