Tian Gang

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Tian Gang
Tian at Oberwolfach in 2005
Born	(1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 65) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Nanjing University (BS) Peking University (MS) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture K-stability K-stability of Fano varieties
Awards	Veblen Prize (1996) Alan T. Waterman Award (1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Princeton University Peking University
Thesis	Kähler Metrics on Algebraic Manifolds  (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Shing-Tung Yau
Doctoral students	Aaron Naber Nataša Šešum Wei Dongyi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	田剛
Simplified Chinese	田刚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tián Gāng

Tian Gang (Chinese: 田刚; born November 24, 1958)^[1] is a Chinese mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at Peking University and Higgins Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He is known for contributions to the mathematical fields of Kähler geometry, Gromov-Witten theory, and geometric analysis.

As of 2020, he is the Vice Chairman of the China Democratic League and the President of the Chinese Mathematical Society. From 2017 to 2019 he served as the Vice President of Peking University.