Maryam Mirzakhani

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Maryam Mirzakhani (2005)
Maryam Mirzakhani (2005)

Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani (Born 1977 Tehran) is an Iranian mathematician. She is an expert on Teichmüller theory, Hyperbolic geometry, Ergodic theory, and Symplectic geometry.

Recognized locally as a very brilliant teenager, she found international recognition after receiving gold medals both in International Mathematical Olympiad (Hong Kong 1994) and International Mathematical olympiad (Canada 1995).

Mirzakhani started at Sharif University of Technology where she got a BSc in Mathematics (1999). She holds a PhD from Harvard University (2004). She is currently a Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow and assistant professor at Princeton University.

[edit] Awards and Honours

  • Honors Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow 2004
  • Harvard Junior Fellowship Harvard University, 2003.
  • Merit fellowship Harvard University, 2003.
  • IPM Fellowship The Institute for theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, Iran, 1995-1999.
  • Gold medal. International Mathematical olympiad (Canada 1995)
  • Gold medal. International Mathematical Olympiad (Hong Kong 1994).

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