Maryam Mirzakhani
Personal Information
Born: 1977
Died: 2017
Country of Birth: Iran
Nationality: Iran
Ethnicity: Persian
Education
Sharif University of Technology BS Mathematics 1999; Harvard University PhD Mathematics 2004
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics; Educator
Institution/Corporation: Stanford University; Princeton University
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Research Fellow Clay Mathematical Institute (2004), National Academy of Sciences (2016), IPM Fellowship (1995-1999), Merit Fellowship Harvard University (2003), Foreign Associate French Academy of Sciences (2015), American Philosophical Society (2015), American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2017)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2014, Fields Medal; 2014, Clay Research Award; 2009, Blumenthal Award, AMS; 2013, Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics, AMS; 1994, Gold Medal, International Mathematics Olympiad, Hong Kong; 1995, 2 Gold Medals, International Mathematics Olympiad, Toronto; 2013, Simons Investigator Award
Achievements: 1st female & 1st Iranian to win a Fields Medal; buildings, awards, a math society, a micro-satellite, scholarships & an asteroid are named for her
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