Daniel Biss | |
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 Biss in 2018 | |
| 22nd Mayor of Evanston, Illinois | |
| Assumed office May 10, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Hagerty |
| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 8, 2013 – January 6, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Schoenberg |
| Succeeded by | Laura Fine |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 17th district | |
| In office January 12, 2011 – January 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Coulson |
| Succeeded by | Laura Fine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Kálmán Biss August 27, 1977 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Karin Steinbrueck |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD) |
| Profession | Mathematician |
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| Website | Official website |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic topology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | The Homotopy Type of the Matroid Grassmannian (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Hopkins |
Daniel Kálmán Biss[1] (born August 27, 1977)[2] is an American mathematician and politician serving as mayor of Evanston, Illinois. He previously served as a member of both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.
Prior to pursuing a political career, Biss was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago from 2002 to 2008.
A member of the Democratic Party, Biss began his political career by running unsuccessfully as his party's nominee for the 17th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives in 2008. Biss was successful in 2010 at his second attempt at running for the Illinois House of Representatives, representing its 17th district from 2011 to 2013. In 2012, Biss was elected to the Illinois Senate, and represented its 9th district from 2013 through 2019. Biss unsuccessfully ran as a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election. In 2021, he won the election for mayor of Evanston in the city's consolidated primary.
- ^ "Hoopes Prizes Awarded to Undergraduates and Thesis Advisers". Harvard Gazette. 28 May 1998. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Biss, Daniel K. (October 2000). "A Generalized Approach to the Fundamental Group" (PDF). The American Mathematical Monthly. Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 2 June 2016.