Ryan W. Matzke

Ryan W. Matzke is an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University's Department of Mathematics, sponsored by Professor Edward B. Saff. His research focuses on Potential Theory, Discrepancy Theory, and Discrete Geometry, with applications in Harmonic Analysis, Frame Theory, and Additive Combinatorics. He has held postdoctoral positions at Technische Universität Graz and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities under Professor Dmitriy Bilyk.

His research bridges theoretical mathematics with computational methods, including studies on energy optimization, spherical configurations, and deterministic point distributions. Current projects analyze multivariate kernels, Riesz potentials, and geometric discrepancy principles. His work has been published in journals like the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Mathematika, and Probability Theory and Related Fields.

In 2025, he will return to the job market for postdoctoral or tenure-track positions. He has received the American Institute of Mathematics' 2025 Alexanderson Award for collaborative research on spherical energy measures.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2021)
• Grants
  • NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (current)