Simon Brendle
Simon Brendle | |
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Brendle at Oberwolfach, 2015 | |
| Born | June 1981 (age 43–44) |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Known for | Yamabe flow, differentiable sphere theorem, Lawson conjecture, singularity formation in mean curvature flow and Ricci flow |
| Awards | EMS Prize (2012) Bôcher Prize (2014) Simons Investigator Award (2017) Fermat Prize (2017) Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Columbia University Stanford University |
| Thesis | Krümmungsflüsse auf Mannigfaltigkeiten mit Rand (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerhard Huisken |
Simon Brendle (born June 1981) is a German-American mathematician working in differential geometry and nonlinear partial differential equations. At the age of 19, he received his Dr. rer. nat. from Tübingen University under the supervision of Gerhard Huisken (2001). He was a professor at Stanford University (2005–2016), and is currently a professor at Columbia University. He has held visiting positions at MIT, ETH Zürich, Princeton University, and Cambridge University.