Person in history
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (born 1977)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2017 · July 14
Their story
Who they were
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research focused on hyperbolic geometry, dynamical systems, complex analysis, and topology. In 2014, she was awarded the Fields Medal for her work in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces", becoming the first woman and the first Iranian citizen to win the prize. Along with the Fields Medal, her work earned numerous honors, including the Blumenthal Award, the Satter Prize,
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