Timo Seppalainen

Timo Seppäläinen is a Professor and the John and Abigail Van Vleck Chair of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2005. He is affiliated with the Mathematics Department under the College of Letters & Science.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics (1991) from the University of Minnesota
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management (1986) from Aalto University
• High School Diploma (1980) from Helsinki I Normal School

Research Interests:
His work primarily focuses on probability theory, encompassing topics such as motion in random media, first- and last-passage percolation, interacting particle systems, and large deviation theory. He has contributed to graduate-level stochastic analysis and authored lecture notes on the corner growth model, exclusion processes, and renewal theory. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

Scientific Awards and Honors:

• 2000 Prix Institut Henri Poincaré-Gauthier Villars
• 2010 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• 2011 Van Vleck Research Prize
• 2014 IMS Medallion Lecturer and Invited Speaker at International Congress of Mathematicians
• 2015 Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
• 2015-2016 and 2023-2024 Simons Fellow in Mathematics
• 2016 Van Vleck Chair of Mathematics
• 2017 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Teaching and Editorial Work:
He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in probability theory and stochastic processes, including Math 632, Math 733-734, and Math 735. He has served on editorial boards and organized probability seminars.