David Eisenbud | |
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 Eisenbud in 2008 | |
| Born | 8 April 1947 (age 77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute |
| Thesis | Torsion Modules over Dedekind Prime Rings (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Saunders Mac Lane |
| Doctoral students | Craig Huneke Mircea Mustaţă Irena Peeva Frank-Olaf Schreyer |
David Eisenbud (born 8 April 1947 in New York City) is an American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley and former director of the then Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), now known as Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath). He served as Director of MSRI from 1997 to 2007, and then again from 2013 to 2022.