Education & Experience

Fred Hickernell’s degrees and academic and administrative appointments.

Education

• PhD in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
• BA in Mathematics and Physics, summa cum laude, Pomona College, 1977

Experience

Illinois Institute of Technology

• Professor of Applied Mathematics, 2005–present
• Vice Provost for Research, 2018–2024
• Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation, 2017–2018
• Chair of Applied Mathematics, 2005–2017

Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Baptist College

• Professor of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1999–2005
• Associate Professor of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1995–1999
• Head of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1989–2002
• Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist College, 1987–1995
• Lecturer in Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist College, 1985–1987

University of Southern California

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1981–1985