Jeff Cheeger | |
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 Jeff Cheeger (left) with H. Blaine Lawson (right) in 2007 | |
| Born | December 1, 1943 Brooklyn, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Riemannian geometry Metric Geometry Cheeger constant |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1984) NAS member (1997) Veblen Prize (2001) Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2019) Shaw Prize (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | New York University Stony Brook University University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Salomon Bochner James Harris Simons |
| Doctoral students | Christina Sormani Xiaochun Rong Xianzhe Dai |
Jeff Cheeger (born December 1, 1943) is an American mathematician and Silver Professor[1] at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. His main interest is differential geometry and its connections with topology and analysis.