Robert Lazarsfeld | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Stony Brook University University of Michigan University of California, Los Angeles |
Thesis | Branched Coverings of Projective Space (1980) |
Doctoral advisor | William Fulton |
Doctoral students | Christopher Hacon Mihnea Popa |
Robert Kendall Lazarsfeld (born April 15, 1953) is an American mathematician who specializes in algebraic geometry. He is currently a distinguished professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University.[1] He was previously the Raymond L. Wilder Collegiate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan.[2] He is the son of two sociologists, Paul Lazarsfeld and Patricia Kendall.