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Eric A. Carlen is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to functional analysis, probability theory, and mathematical physics. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton Univeristy in 1984 under the supervision of Edward Nelson. He became Full Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997 and moved to Rutgers University in 2007, where he currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics.

Carlen’s scholarly work includes influential results on functional analysis and probability, particularly concerning problems in mathematical physics, such as non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and variational problems, as well as related geometric inequalities. He has collaborated extensively with leading mathematicians, such as Elliott H. Lieb and Michael Loss, producing highly cited papers on trace inequalities and convexity in quantum systems.  Beyond his research, Carlen is an active educator and mentor who has supervised several doctoral students.

In recognition of his significant contributions, Carlen was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2016.  He has also been appointed as a Clay Senior Scholar for the latter half of 2025, participating in a program on kinetic theory at the Simons Laufer Mathematical Research Institute (SLMath).