Marta Lewicka is a professor of mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh. She specializes in nonlinear analysis, calculus of variations, mathematical theory of elasticity, conservation laws and reaction-diffusion equations. She will be presenting “A Tour of Shape Formation” as the 2017 Howard Rowlee Lecture.

The Howard Rowlee Lecture is an annual event that seeks to bring internationally acclaimed scholars in the mathematical sciences to UNL to promote public understanding of mathematical research and to stimulate the environment for mathematics research at UNL.