I am a Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the Math Department, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UMICH). I am currently holding a double appointment also as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Biomedical and Clinical Informatics Lab, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at UMICH.

I received my Ph.D.from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in May 2017 working under the supervision of Prof. Bruce Reznick.

My research is largely focused on high-order tensor analysis. More specifically, I am working on formulating a novel, mathematically sound theoretical framework to perform analysis of data structured as n-dimensional tensors while preserving the integrity of their structure — i.e. without slicing. My research interests also include real algebraic geometry, field theory and polynomials, semidefinite optimization, combinatorics and graph theory. I am also interested in techniques for symmetric tensor decomposition – also known as the Waring problem for forms, sum of squares optimization, Schubert calculus and graph matching.

Please feel free to get in touch with me at tokcan@umich.edu. You can also find additional ways to contact me in the Contact section.

Neriman Tokcan

Postdoctoral Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics
also with Dept. of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2018 - Michigan Precision Health Scholars Award - 2 years, $80,000, UMICH

The University of Michigan’s Precision Health Scholar Award program grants up to $80,000 for one year per recipient with the potential for renewal. The awards program aims to expand the field of precision health by cultivating a cohort of promising early-career researchers in the field and spark new collaborative research avenues by engaging early-career investigators with tools and data to support their work.

2017 - Irving Reiner Memorial Award in Algebra, UIUC

The Irving Reiner Memorial Award was established in memory of Professor Irving Reiner by his family in 1988, with the support also of colleagues and friends. Professor Reiner, a long-time member of the University of Illinois Department of Mathematics, was a leader in the field of integral representation theory. The Reiner Prize is awarded each spring to one or more graduate students in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement in the field of algebra.

Spring 2017 – Campus Research Board Award, UIUC

Fall 2016 – AMS Graduate Student Travel Grant to the Joint Mathematics Meetings

Fall 2016 – Nominated for Departmental TA Instructional Award, UIUC

2016 – Graduate Teaching Certificate, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, UIUC

Fall 2015 – Finalist for Departmental TA Instructional Award, UIUC

From 2014 - List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students, UIUC

I was included in the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students in UIUC in the following terms: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, and Spring 2016. In Spring 2016 I was given outstanding rating

2011 - Council of Higher Education of Turkey Scholarship

2009 - Pres. - Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education (MEB) Scholarship

This is a scholarship offered by the Turkey Ministry of National Education that provides financial support for pursuing graduate education in the United States. The completion of this program is followed by an offer of a faculty position in Turkey.

2009 - TUBITAK Scholarship

The TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) is a scholarship that provides support for graduate studies and research in Turkey

2009 – Top Student of the Faculty of Science and Letters Award – Cukurova University

2009 – Top Student of the Mathematics Department Award – Cukurova University

2006 – 2009 – Cukurova University High Honor Award