Background
Gessel, Ira Martin was born on April 9, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Harold and Rosanne (Halpern) Gessel.
Gessel, Ira Martin was born on April 9, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Harold and Rosanne (Halpern) Gessel.
Bachelor, Harvard College, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow, T.J. Watson Research Center of International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1977-1978; visiting assistant professor, University of California, San Diego, 1978; instructor applied mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1980; assistant professor applied mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1980-1984; assistant professor mathematics and computer science, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1984-1985; associate professor mathematics and computer science, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1985-1990; professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1990; chair, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1996.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Association for Computing Machinery.
Married Elizabeth Ann Levin, June 11, 1989.