Robin Pemantle is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Mathematics. Pemantle joined the Department of Mathematics in 2003 and has served as Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics since that time. He also served as the department’s Undergraduate Chair from 2011 to 2014.

Pemantle’s research interests include modern discrete probability and combinatorics. For his expertise in these areas, he was honored with a 2024 election to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest accolades a scientist can receive.

Co-author of Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables (second edition, Cambridge University Press 2024), Pemantle has also focused on the topic of math pedagogy in recent publications. There Is No One Way to Teach Math: Actionable ideas for grades 6–12 (Routledge 2024) is the first of a two-volume series that offers practical, actionable approaches to teaching math in a classroom setting. The second volume, Beyond the Math Wars (in progress), will examine the current state of math education and how it developed. Pemantle is also the author of the book I Wish They Had Taught Me That! (CRC Press, forthcoming), which focuses on topics within mathematics that are often omitted from coursework.