James A. Maynard

James Maynard
Maynard in 2013
Born
James Alexander Maynard

(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Alma mater
Known forWork on prime gaps
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNumber theory
Institutions
ThesisTopics in analytic number theory (2013)
Doctoral advisorRoger Heath-Brown

James Alexander Maynard FRS (born 10 June 1987) is an English mathematician working in analytic number theory and in particular the theory of prime numbers. In 2017, he was appointed Research Professor at Oxford. Maynard is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022 and the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize in 2023.