Maryam Mirzakhani

Maryam Mirzakhani

Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, becoming the first woman to win the prize, as well as the first Iranian.

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1977 – 2017
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Tehran
Educated at
Farzanegan SchoolHarvard UniversitySharif University of Technology
Awards
🏆 Fields medal🏆 Clay Research Award🏆 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics🏆 Blumenthal Award🏆 Nature's 10
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Curtis T. McMullen
Doctoral Students
📖 Jenya Sapir📖 Benjamin Dozier

Timeline

  • 1977

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    Birth
  • 2017

    Died

    Death

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