| Christopher Hacon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Derek Hacon 14 February 1970 Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British Italian USA |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Lazarsfeld |
| Doctoral students | Gueorgui Todorov Stefano Urbinati |
| Notable awards | Cole Prize (2009) |
Christopher Derek Hacon (born 14 February 1970) is a mathematician with British, Italian and US nationalities.[1] In 2009 he was awarded the Cole Prize for outstanding contribution to algebra, along with James McKernan.[2] He was also awarded the Clay Research Award. In 2011 he was awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications by Italy's prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is currently distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah. His research interests include algebraic geometry.
Hacon was born in Manchester, but grew up in Italy where he studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore and received a degree in mathematics at the University of Pisa in 1992. He received his doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998, under supervision of Robert Lazarsfeld.