| Daniel Kane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 25–26) Madison, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | Harvard University MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Mazur |
| Other academic advisors | Ken Ono Erik Demaine |
| Notable awards | Morgan Prize (2007) Bucsela Prize (2007) Putnam Fellow (2003–06) |
Daniel Mertz Kane (born 1986) is an American mathematician at Stanford University. He received his doctorate in mathematics from Harvard University in 2011, and graduated from MIT (B.Sc. in 2007).
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, to professors of mathematics and of biochemistry,[1] Kane is one of three people since 2003 (and one of seven in the history of the competition) to be named a four-time Putnam Fellow in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.[2] He also won two gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2002 and 2003. In addition to his performance in high school and university level mathematics competitions, Kane has published over two dozen research publications in Number Theory and Theoretical Computer Science and won the 2007 Morgan Prize.