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Nick Katz | |
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| Born | Nicholas Michael Katz December 7, 1943 |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University Princeton University |
| Known for | Katz–Lang finiteness theorem Ax–Katz theorem Grothendieck–Katz p-curvature conjecture Overconvergent modular form p-adic modular form |
| Awards | Sloan Fellowship (1970) Guggenheim Fellowship (1975) Levi L. Conant Prize (2003) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Bernard Dwork |
| Doctoral students | William Messing Neal Koblitz Mark Kisin Chris Hall Will Sawin |
Nicholas Michael Katz (born December 7, 1943) is an American mathematician, working in arithmetic geometry, particularly on p-adic methods, monodromy and moduli problems, and number theory. He is currently a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and an editor of the journal Annals of Mathematics.[1]