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Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی, pronounced [mæɾˈjæm miːɾzɑːxɑːˈniː]; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian [5] [4] mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. [6] [7] Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry ...
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman ever to win the fields medal; Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies Program, Stanford University; Farzaneh Milani, director of studies in women and gender, University of Virginia; Maryam Mirzakhani, mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, and first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017) (posthumously awarded) Iran United States: Stanford University: 2021: Martin Hairer (b. 1975) Austria United Kingdom "for transformative contributions to the theory of stochastic analysis, particularly the theory of regularity structures in stochastic partial differential equations." [17] [18] Imperial College ...
The Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics (ex-NAS Award in Mathematics until 2012) is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for excellence of research in the mathematical sciences published within the past ten years." The original prize was for $5,000 and was awarded every four years; this was suspended after 2012. [1]
In 2014, the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the first female Fields Medalist. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In total, 64 people have been awarded the Fields Medal. The most recent group of Fields Medalists received their awards on 5 July 2022 in an online event which was live-streamed from Helsinki, Finland.
Best known for The Runner and Vegas: Based on a True Story. Immigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s. Arsi Nami actor, musician, singer-songwriter, music therapist, and philanthropist; Amin Nazemzadeh, actor; Navid Negahban, actor, appeared on Homeland and Mistresses. Also noted for his role as The Sultan in the live-action remake of Aladdin.
She was awarded the Fields Medal in July 2022, making her the second woman (after Maryam Mirzakhani), the second person born in the Ukrainian SSR and the first with a degree from a Ukrainian university to ever receive it. [29] [30] [31] She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in December 2022. [32]
Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American" now excludes people with West Asian backgrounds. [2] According to the 2020 United States census, over 3.5 million people self-identified as being Middle Eastern and North African ethnic origin ...