Professor Jan de Gier is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, serving as Head of the School. He earned his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1998. His academic career at the University of Melbourne commenced in 2002 as a Postdoctoral Fellow, advancing to ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow and Associate Professor until 2014, when he became Professor. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Australian National University from 1999 to 2002. De Gier is the Founding Director of the Mathematical Research Institute MATRIX. He served as Deputy Director and Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) from 2014 to 2021. Additionally, he co-founded the Australian and New Zealand Association for Mathematical Physics (ANZAMP) in 2011 and acted as its inaugural Chair.

De Gier's research specializes in mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, solvable lattice models, integrable systems, exclusion processes, random tilings, and combinatorics. Key publications include "Limit Shapes for the Asymmetric Five Vertex Model" with R. Kenyon and S.S. Watson (Commun. Math. Phys., 2021), "Exact confirmation of 1D nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics for a two-species exclusion process" with Z. Chen, I. Hiki, and T. Sasamoto (Phys. Rev. Lett., 2018), "Matrix product formula for Macdonald polynomials" with L. Cantini and M. Wheeler (J. Phys. A, 2015), and "The critical fugacity for surface adsorption of SAW on the honeycomb lattice is 1+√2" with N.R. Beaton et al. (Commun. Math. Phys., 2014). He has received the IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in mathematical physics (2024), University of Melbourne Excellence Award in a Priority Area: Internationalisation of Research (2021), and ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (2007). De Gier has edited Communications in Mathematical Physics (2021-2023), SciPost Physics (2016-2021), and Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2004-present). He holds roles on the ARC College of Experts (2023-2025), National Committee for Mathematical Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science (2024-2026), and Steering Committee of the Australian Mathematical Society (2023-present).

Professional Email: jdgier@unimelb.edu.au