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Maryam Mirzakhani
Becoming the first woman to receive the Fields Medal for work on curved surfaces.
Curved surfaces · Dynamics
- Born
- 12 May 1977
- Birthplace
- Tehran, Iran
- Died
- 14 July 2017
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Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician whose research connected geometry and dynamical systems.
Early life
Tehran education
Attended Farzanegan school and excelled in mathematics competitions.
University study
Studied at Sharif University before completing a Harvard doctorate under Curtis McMullen.
Career
- 1994–1995
Olympiad success
Won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
- 2004–2008
Early research career
Worked at Princeton and as a Clay research fellow.
- 2008–2017
Stanford
Continued research as a professor.
- 2014
Fields Medal
Became the first woman and first Iranian recipient.
Contributions
Curved surfaces
Studied the geometry of Riemann surfaces and their parameter spaces.
Dynamics
Worked with collaborators on how geometric structures change.
Fields Medal
Recognised for geometry and dynamics research.
Beyond mathematics
Working method
Used large sheets of paper for drawings and exploratory calculations.
Family
Married mathematician Jan Vondrák; they had a daughter.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗International Mathematical Union: Fields Medals 2014 ↗Stanford: life and death date ↗Photo: Florian Caullery. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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