Diana Thomas (mathematician)
Diana Maria Thomas is an American
Education and career
Thomas is originally from
After postdoctoral research at West Point and the
Research
Topics in Thomas's research have included a comparison of the effects of dieting and exercise on weight loss,[1] the effects of weight loss on pregnancy,[2] epidemiological approaches to obesity,[3] the use of biometric data to predict military training injuries,[9] and a statistical comparison of the body types of military recruits with Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.[5][10]
Recognition
In 2012 the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) gave Thomas their Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. The award recognized her "dedication to teaching, her untiring devotion and concern for students, her work with students outside the classroom, her commitment to undergraduate research, and her classroom experimentation based on learning and human motivational literature". It noted in particular the many undergraduate research projects she supervised, two of which led to best poster awards at MAA conferences, as well as her work to double the size of the poster sessions at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.[6] She was awarded the 2023 AMS Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research "for her outstanding research at the interface of mathematics with nutrition and obesity; her work in number theory, combinatorics, and dynamical systems; and her impressive work with undergraduates."[11]
References
- ^ a b Reynolds, Gretchen (August 1, 2012), "Dieting vs. Exercise for Weight Loss", The New York Times
- ^ a b Mann, Leslie (February 19, 2015), "Losing weight before pregnancy is healthier for mom, baby", Chicago Tribune
- ^ a b Servick, Kelly (February 19, 2017), "Should we treat obesity like a contagious disease?", Science
- ^ a b Dr. Diana Thomas, Professor of Mathematics, United States Military Academy, retrieved 2019-09-29
- ^ a b Herbaugh, Hunter (June 21, 2020), "Glendive native published in JAMA", Glendive Ranger-Review
- ^ a b Citation: Dr. Diana Thomas (PDF), New Jersey Section, Mathematical Association of America, 2012, retrieved 2021-02-06
- ^ Diana Thomas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ World Class Faculty: Dr. Diana Thomas, Department of Mathematics, United States Military Academy, retrieved 2019-09-29
- ^ Mundell, E. J. (June 10, 2020), "Leonardo's 'Vitruvian Man' Ideal Isn't Far Off Modern Measures", U.S. News & World Report
- ^ "News from the AMS". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
External links
- Diana Thomas publications indexed by Google Scholar