Professor of Mathematics Stephan Garcia has been awarded the inaugural Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research from the American Mathematical Society. He was recognized for his outstanding record of research in operator theory, complex analysis, matrix theory and number theory, for high-quality scholarship with a diverse set of undergraduates and for his service to the profession. The award recognizes a mathematician from a department that does not grant a Ph.D. who has an active research program in mathematics and a distinguished record of scholarship.