Martin Hairer
Sir Martin Hairer | |
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Hairer in 2014 | |
| Born | 14 November 1975 Geneva, Switzerland |
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| Education | University of Geneva |
| Spouse |
Xue-Mei Li (m. 2003) |
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| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Imperial College London University of Warwick New York University |
| Thesis | Comportement Asymptotique d'Équations à Dérivées Partielles Stochastiques (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean-Pierre Eckmann |
| Website | hairer |
Sir Martin Hairer (born 14 November 1975) is an Austrian-British mathematician working in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular stochastic partial differential equations. He is Professor of Mathematics at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and at Imperial College London. He previously held appointments at the University of Warwick and the Courant Institute of New York University. In 2014 he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honours a mathematician can achieve. In 2020 he won the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.