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Bryna Kra
American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1966 · age 60
Bryna Rebekah Kra is an American mathematician and the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor at Northwestern University. Kra served as the president of the American Mathematical Society from 2023 to 2025. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
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Her academic work centered on dynamical systems and ergodic theory. In particular Kra has made significant contributions to the structure theory of characteristic factors for multiple ergodic averages. This work has allowed her to address problems in number theory and combinatorics.
The same award as Bryna
Sun-Yung Alice ChangBoth received Fellow of the Association for Women in MathematicsAmie WilkinsonBoth received Levi L. Conant Prize
John C. BaezBoth received Levi L. Conant Prize
Dusa McDuffBoth received Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics