Marc Rieffel

Marc Rieffel
Born
Marc Rieffel

(1937-12-22) December 22, 1937
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Known forNoncommutative torus
Scientific career
FieldsC*-algebras
Quantum group theory
Noncommutative geometry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorRichard Kadison
Doctoral studentsPhilip Green
Jonathan Rosenberg

Marc Aristide Rieffel is a mathematician noted for his fundamental contributions to C*-algebra and quantum group theory. He is currently a professor in the department of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2012, he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.