Stories by Ken Ono

Ken Ono is STEM adviser to the provost and Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. He is also a professor by courtesy of data science and a professor affiliate in statistics. He received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1989 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1993. His research interests include arithmetic geometry, combinatorics, number theory and mathematical physics. He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a recent recipient of the University of Chicago Alumni Medal for Professional Achievement. In the 1980s he raced bicycles professionally, and from 2012 to 2014 he competed as a member of Team USA in the World Cross Triathlon Championships.