Zhiwei Yun

The native form of this personal name is Yun Zhiwei. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Zhiwei Yun
Yun at Oberwolfach in 2012
Born
Yun Zhiwei (恽之玮)

September 1982 (age 41–42)
Changzhou, China[3]
Alma materPeking University
Princeton University
Known forContributions to number theory, representation theory and algebraic geometry
AwardsGold Medal, IMO (2000)[1]
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2012)[2]
2018 New Horizons In Mathematics Prize (2018)
Morningside Medal (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Yale University
Doctoral advisorRobert MacPherson

Zhiwei Yun (Chinese: 恽之玮; pinyin: Yùn Zhīwěi; born September 1982) is a Chinese-born American mathematician and writer. He is a Professor of Mathematics at MIT specializing in number theory, algebraic geometry and representation theory, with a particular focus on the Langlands program.

He was previously a C. L. E. Moore instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2012, assistant professor then associate professor at Stanford University from 2012 to 2016, and professor at Yale University from 2016 to 2017.

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