Bio
Laura DeMarco is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and a Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her research is focused on algebraic dynamical systems, with an emphasis on notions of stability and bifurcation. DeMarco received a PhD from Harvard in 2002. She held faculty positions at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University before returning to Harvard in 2020. Prizes include the Alexanderson Award from the American Institute of Mathematics in 2020, the Satter Prize from the American Mathematical Society in 2017, and the Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing in 2024. Laura DeMarco is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.