Maryam Mirzakhani

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gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Sharif_University_of_Technology
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fields_Medal
gptkb:Clay_Research_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
Satter Prize in Mathematics
gptkbp:birthDate May 3, 1977
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Tehran
gptkbp:children Anahita Vondráková
Kian Vondrák
gptkbp:contribution Developed new methods in geometry
Investigated the geometry of moduli spaces
Studied the dynamics of billiards
gptkbp:deathDate July 15, 2017
gptkbp:employees gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
Simons_Foundation_Fellow
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maryam Mirzakhani
gptkbp:influenced Mathematics community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Nash
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Karen_Uhlenbeck
gptkb:Julia_Robinson
gptkb:Sofia_Kovalevskaya
gptkb:Mary_Cartwright
gptkb:Emmy_Noether
gptkb:Miriam_Mirzakhani
gptkb:Maryam_Tsegaye
gptkb:Dusa_McDuff
gptkb:Martha_Haynes
gptkb:Nina_Bari
gptkbp:knownFor Contributions to geometry and dynamical systems
gptkbp:legacy First woman to win the Fields Medal
Inspiration for women in mathematics
Pioneer_in_her_field
gptkbp:nationality Iranian
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:researchFocus Riemann surfaces
Hyperbolic geometry
Teichmüller_theory
gptkbp:spouse Jan Vondrák