Sophie Morel
Sophie Morel | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1979 |
| Nationality | France |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure Université Paris-Sud |
| Awards | EMS Prize (2012) AWM-Microsoft Research Prize (2014)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gérard Laumon[2] |
Sophie Morel (born 1979) is a French mathematician, specializing in number theory. She is a professor of mathematics at Princeton University. In 2012 she received one of the ten prizes of the European Mathematical Society.
Biography
In a 2011 interview, Morel credited a math magazine bought while in 9th grade as well as summer camps for developing her interest in mathematics[3] and in a 2012 interview she mentioned being a keen distance runner.[4] She studied in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure. In 2005 she finished her Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sud, under the supervision of Gérard Laumon. Her thesis was a step forward in the Langlands program.[4]
After her Ph.D., she was a Clay Research Fellow between 2005 and 2011. In December 2009 she was appointed as a professor of mathematics at Harvard University,[5] becoming the first woman in mathematics to be tenured there.[6]
Recognition
She gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010, in the "Number Theory" section.[7] In 2012 she received one of the prestigious European Mathematical Society Prize for young researchers, and in May 2013 she was announced as the winner of the inaugural 2014 AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory.[8]
Selected publications
- Complexes pondérés des compactifications de Baily-Borel. Le cas des variétés modulaires de Siegel J. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (2008), 23–61 doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-06-00538-8
- On the Cohomology of Certain Non-Compact Shimura Varieties Annals of Mathematics Studies 173, Princeton University Press (2010).
References
- ^ "AWM Awards Inaugural Research Prizes" (PDF), Mathematics People, Notices of the AMS, 60 (7): 930, August 2013.
- ^ Sophie Morel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "An Interview with Sophie Morel, Part 1" (PDF), Girls' Angle Bulletin, 5 (1): 3–6, October 2011
- ^ a b "Interview: Sophie Morel, Harvard University", EWM Newsletter, 21, European Women in Mathematics: 8–9, November 6, 2012
- ^ Bradt, Steve (January 14, 2010), "Mathematician gains dual appointments Sophie Morel will join FAS, Radcliffe Institute", Harvard Gazette.
- ^ Lewin, Tamar (March 12, 2010), "Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard", The New York Times.
- ^ "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897". International Congress of Mathematicians.
- ^ "Prof. Sophie Morel wins inaugural AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory". Princeton University Mathematics Department.
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| National | |
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| Other | |
- 20th-century French mathematicians
- 21st-century French mathematicians
- Harvard University faculty
- Princeton University faculty
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
- École Normale Supérieure alumni
- Number theorists
- French women mathematicians
- 20th-century women mathematicians
- 21st-century women mathematicians