Professor Mathav Murugan Wins the 2025 PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce Professor Mathav Murugan as the recipient of the 2025 PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award.

Professor Murugan is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Probability in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia. He earned his PhD from Cornell University and previously held a PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship through the 2015 competition.

This award recognizes outstanding early-career researchers at UBC for their leading-edge work in mathematics and its applications across the sciences. Professor Murugan’s research in probability theory explores the deep mathematical structures underlying random processes and complex systems, contributing to a broader understanding of both theoretical and applied aspects of stochastic analysis.

“Professor Murugan’s work exemplifies the innovation, depth, and rigor that PIMS seeks to celebrate,” says PIMS Director Özgür Yilmaz. “His research continues to expand the boundaries of probability and its connections to other areas of mathematics.”

The PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award highlights the Institute’s ongoing commitment to supporting emerging scholars whose research advances the mathematical sciences and strengthens collaboration across disciplines.

PIMS extends its congratulations to Professor Murugan on this well-deserved recognition.