| Ciprian Manolescu | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1978 Alexandria, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter B. Kronheimer |
| Notable awards | Morgan Prize (2001) |
Ciprian Manolescu (born December 24, 1978) is a Romanian mathematician. He is presently an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He completed his first 8 classes at School no. 11 Mihai Eminescu and secondary education at Ion Brătianu High School in Piteşti, and his undergrad and Ph.D. at Harvard University under the direction of Peter B. Kronheimer. His thesis topic was A spectrum valued TQFT from the Seiberg–Witten equations. His research interests span the areas of gauge theory, symplectic geometry, algebraic topology, and low-dimensional topology.
He is among the handful of recipients of the Clay Research Fellowship (2004–2008).
He was the winner of the Morgan Prize, awarded jointly by AMS-MAA-SIAM, in 2002. His undergraduate thesis was on Finite dimensional approximation in Seiberg–Witten theory.
He has one of the best records ever in mathematical competitions: