
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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- 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
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1977
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