Isaac Goldbring

Biography

Isaac Goldbring is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Irvine, a position he has held since July 2022. Goldbring completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, where his dissertation focused on nonstandard methods in Lie theory under the supervision of Lou van den Dries. Prior to his current role, he was an Associate Professor at UC Irvine from 2018 to 2022 and previously held positions at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Goldbring's research encompasses a variety of areas in mathematics, including model theory, nonstandard analysis, continuous logic, Lie theory, geometric group theory, and operator algebras. He has published extensively, contributing over 70 peer-reviewed articles to journals such as the Journal of Symbolic Logic and Advances in Mathematics. His work has been recognized with several grants from the National Science Foundation, including a CAREER grant. Goldbring received the Gerald Sacks Prize for the best dissertation in mathematical logic worldwide in 2009, an accolade that highlights his early contributions to the field.

In addition to his research, Goldbring is actively involved in teaching and mentoring at UC Irvine. He teaches a range of courses, including Model Theory, Complex Analysis, and Real Analysis, for both undergraduate and graduate students. Goldbring also serves the academic community through his editorial work as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Logic and Analysis and his involvement in organizing conferences and workshops, such as the North American Annual Meeting of the Association of Symbolic Logic. His professional service extends to reviewing for various mathematics journals and participating in several mathematical societies, including the Association for Symbolic Logic and the American Mathematical Society.

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
• B.S. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
• M.A. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

Distinctions

• Gerald Sacks Prize for best dissertation in mathematical logic worldwide, 2009
• Robert Sorgenfrey Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA Department of Mathematics, 2012
• Invited participant of Banff International Research Station workshop 'Classification Problems in von Neumann algebras', 2019
• Scott Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2008-2009
• American Institute of Mathematics, Accepted Workshop Proposal; project title: Nonstandard methods in combinatorial number theory and Ramsey theory, 2016
• Irving Reiner Memorial Award in Algebra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
• National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, 2014-2019
• Arnold O. Beckman Research Award Research Assistantship, 2008
• Daus Prize in Mathematics, UCLA, 2004
• National Science Foundation VIGRE Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2006