Abba B. Gumel, a Nigerian-born scholar, has been named in the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
AMS accepted Gumel as a fellow “for contributions to the mathematical theory of epidemics, applied dynamical systems, and promoting the use of mathematics to help solve global public health challenges”.
Gumel is the professor of mathematics — and The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics — at the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, United States of America.
