Steven N. Evans

Research Bio

Steven N. Evans is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.  He has been a Presidential Young Investigator, a Sloan Fellow, and a Miller Fellow. He has received the Rollo Davidson Prize, the G. de B. Robinson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society, and the IMS Medallion.  He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Research Expertise and Interest

large random combinatorial structures, random matrices, superprocesses & other measure-valued processes, probability on algebraic structures -particularly local fields, applications of stochastic processes to biodemography, mathematical finance, population genetics, phylogenetics & historical linguistics

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Individual Research  [MATH 295]  

  • Reading Course for Graduate Students  [MATH 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [MATH 602]  

  • Probability for Applications  [STAT 204]  

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

2025 Fall
  • Individual Research  [MATH 295]  

  • Reading Course for Graduate Students  [MATH 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [MATH 602]  

  • Probability Theory  [MATH C218A]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [STAT 199]  

  • Directed Study for Graduate Students  [STAT 298]  

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

  • Probability Theory  [STAT C205A]  

2025 Summer
  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [MATH 199]  

  • Individual Research  [MATH 295]  

  • General Academic Internship  [MATH N297]  

2025 Spring
  • Individual Research  [MATH 295]  

  • Reading Course for Graduate Students  [MATH 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [MATH 602]  

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]