Heather Wilber

Heather Wilber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the intersection of approximation theory, numerical linear algebra, and scientific computing, with active projects in fast transforms, Fourier integral operators, direct solvers for elliptic PDEs, and nonlinear approximation methods. She holds a PhD and has received prestigious awards including the Householder Prize and AWM Dissertation Prize. Her work includes software development such as Structmats and REfit, advancing numerical methods for structured matrices and rational approximations. She teaches courses in scientific computing and applied linear algebra, and her research contributions span topics like Sylvester matrix equations and Zolotarev rational functions.