[Random] Elizabeth Meckes

Dear Colleagues,

this is a slightly unusual message.

As you probably know, Elizabeth Meckes - an expert in random matrix theory and Stein's method - died unexpectedly in December 2020 after a short illness, while on sabbatical in Oxford. She was 40 years old:

https://thedaily.case.edu/remembering-professor-of-mathematics-elizabeth-mec...

Yesterday, during a conference in Bonn, Persi Diaconis (her former PhD advisor) gave a talk about Elizabeth, her research and her personality. It is a beautiful and very touching speech, yet able to convey the universal joy of doing research and mentoring young colleagues.

You can find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xldMG911NN0&feature=emb_logo

All my best, Giovanni