Şefika Kuzgun

Şefika Kuzgun is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MiS) in Leipzig, Germany, since September 2024, working in Prof. Dr. Felix Otto's research group. Previously, she held a postdoctoral position at the University of Rochester's Department of Mathematics. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas under Prof. David Nualart and completed her undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Research Interests: Her work focuses on stochastic analysis and stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs), particularly exploring properties of SPDEs using tools from stochastic calculus. She investigates applications of these equations to physical systems and employs techniques like the Malliavin-Stein method for density convergence and probabilistic approximations.

Recent Activities: In 2025, she is organizing the Probability and Applied Analysis Summer School in Türkiye and has been an invited speaker at conferences such as the SPDEvent in Bielefeld and the Equadiff Conference in Karlstad. She also participates in initiatives like the Women in Mathematics group at the University of Rochester and cofounded a math support platform to assist Turkish students affected by the 2023 earthquakes.

Service & Outreach: She co-founded the Directed Reading Program Türkiye and has mentored multiple students. She previously led the University of Kansas Student Chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, organizing professional development seminars and mentoring programs. She is dedicated to promoting equity in academia and community engagement through math outreach.