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Elena Kosygina is a Professor of Mathematics at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and holds an affiliation with the CUNY Graduate Center (on scholar incentive leave for 2024-2025). Her research focuses on probability theory, stochastic processes, and partial differential equations, with a particular emphasis on random walks in random media, self-interacting processes, and stochastic homogenization of Hamilton-Jacobi equations.
Education:
- PhD in Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University (1999), advised by S.R.S. Varadhan
- Candidate of Science (equivalent to PhD), Moscow State University (1995), advised by A.S. Kalashnikov
- Undergraduate Diploma in Mathematics (with Honors), Moscow State University (1989)
Research interests include critical problems in probability such as excited random walks, stochastic homogenization of viscous equations, and analyses of random media. Her work bridges theoretical probability with applications in nonlinear PDEs and statistical physics. Notable contributions include studies on the behavior of entropy in hydrodynamic limits, homogenization techniques for Hamilton-Jacobi equations, and analyses of self-interacting processes like cookie walks and frog models.
Awards and grants include the Simons Fellowship in Mathematics (2014–2015), multiple Simons Collaboration Grants (2011–2024), and a PSC CUNY Award (2021–2022). She has advised at least one PhD student, Omar Chakhtoun (2019), and collaborates actively with institutions like the Courant Institute and Columbia University.
Labs/Teams: Engaged with CUNY Probability Seminars and collaborates with leading researchers in stochastic analysis and PDEs, including collaborator Adrian Yilmaz and co-author Ofer Zeitouni.
