Maryam Mirzakhani, 2014 Fields Medal Winner, Dies at 40
Mirzakhani was the first woman and first Iranian-born to win the prestigious mathematics prize.
TORONTO, July 17, 2017
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician and professor of mathematics at Stanford University, passed away on July 14, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. Mirzakhani was the first woman and first Iranian-born to win the prestigious Fields Medal.
She will be remembered for her research in moduli spaces, Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, Ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry, but also for her fearlessness tackling problems that others would not attempt.
Mirzakhani will continue to be an inspiration to women everywhere who are pursuing or thinking of pursuing careers in math and science.
Read more about Mirzakhani’s life and work in these articles from Stanford University, the New York Times, the Guardian, and the New Yorker.
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