Senior Associate Dean for Academic Operations In his role of Senior Associate Dean, Neil Lyall provides leadership over the portfolio of Academic Operations. This includes enrollment management and workforce planning; oversight over instructional budgets and summer instruction planning; providing guidance on financial and budgetary matters; organizing and leading the process of faculty recruitment, hiring, and onboarding; coordinating strategic instructional and research infrastructure; and liaising with the Morehead Honors College. Dr. Lyall is a Professor of Mathematics. His primary research interests lie in the fields of Harmonic Analysis and Arithmetic Combinatorics. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics since 2004. Education Education: B.S. (Mathematics) University of Edinburgh M.A. (Mathematics) University of Wisconsin at Madison Ph.D. (Mathematics) University of Wisconsin at Madison Awards, Honors and Recognitions Awards, Honors and Recognitions: Research Grants: Simons Foundation MPS-TSM 00002935: Maximal Averaging Operators and Finite Point Configurations, 2023-2028 ($42,000) NSF Research Grant 1702411, 2017-2021 ($183,305) NSF Conference Grant 1804049, 2018 ($24,960) NSF Conference Grant 1501458, 2015 ($24,600) Simons Foundation CGM 245792, 2012-2017 ($35,000) NSF Research Grant 0707099, 2007-2011 ($71,006) FCAS Awards: Excellence in Diversity Advocacy Award (2023) General Sandy Beaver University Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
