Megumi Harada one of 41 mathematical scientists from around the world to be named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for 2025

Professor Megumi Harada has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2025.

Megumi is one of 41 mathematical scientists from around the world to be named Fellows. Recognized by their peers, AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

Megumi, a Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, serves as the elected faculty representative to the University’s Board of Governors and is also a member of the McMaster University Faculty Association Executive.

Megumi’s teaching excellence has been recognized with the McMaster Students Union Teaching Award in 2023 and 2021.

Megumi’s research is in equivariant symplectic geometry – the mathematical framework for classical physics. Equivariant symplectic geometry concerns the study of symmetries of spaces with symplectic structures, as encoded by a Hamiltonian Lie group action (i.e. there exists a moment map on M encoding the action by Hamiltonian flows). Her main research interest is to explore the relationships of equivariant symplectic geometry with other areas of mathematics, such as equivariant algebraic geometry, hyperkahler geometry, geometric representation theory, Schubert calculus, combinatorics, and equivariant topology.