Simon Brendle | |
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 Brendle at Oberwolfach, 2015 | |
| Born | June 1981 (age 43) |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Known for | Yamabe flow, differentiable sphere theorem, Lawson conjecture, singularity formation in mean curvature flow and Ricci flow |
| Awards | EMS Prize (2012) Bôcher Prize (2014) Simons Investigator Award (2017) Fermat Prize (2017)[1] Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Columbia University Stanford University |
| Thesis | Krümmungsflüsse auf Mannigfaltigkeiten mit Rand (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerhard Huisken |
Simon Brendle (born June 1981) is a German-American mathematician working in differential geometry and nonlinear partial differential equations. At the age of 19,[2] he received his Dr. rer. nat. from Tübingen University under the supervision of Gerhard Huisken (2001). He was a professor at Stanford University (2005–2016), and is currently a professor at Columbia University. He has held visiting positions at MIT, ETH Zürich, Princeton University, and Cambridge University.
- ^ "Prix Fermat 2017 | Société Mathématique de France".
- ^ "Guest Professorship enables top-level collaboration in Mathematics | University of Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 2024-07-28.