Andrew Majda

Andrew Majda
Born	(1949-01-30)30 January 1949 East Chicago, Indiana, US
Died	12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 72)
Alma mater	Stanford University Purdue University
Known for	Majda's model
Awards	John von Neumann Award (1990) Norbert Wiener Prize (2013) Lagrange Prize (2015) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	New York University
Doctoral advisor	Ralph S. Phillips
Doctoral students	Andrea Bertozzi Anne Bourlioux

Andrew Joseph Majda (30 January 1949 – 12 March 2021) was an American mathematician and the Morse Professor of Arts and Sciences at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University.^[1] He was known for his theoretical contributions to partial differential equations as well as his applied contributions to diverse areas including shock waves, combustion, incompressible flow, vortex dynamics, and atmospheric sciences.