Karen Uhlenbeck

American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair.

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2020Fellow of the Association for Women in MathematicsAwardSteele Prize for Lifetime AchievementAward2019Abel PrizeAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2012Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAward2007Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAwardSteele Prize for Seminal Contribution to ResearchAward2001Guggenheim FellowshipAwardHonorary Doctor of the Ohio State UniversityAward2000Honorary DoctorateAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward1988Noether LectureAward1985Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1983MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1942Born24 August 1942

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Awards

Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics2020

Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement2020

Abel Prize2019

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University2012

Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2007

Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research2007

Guggenheim Fellowship2001

Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University2001

National Medal of Science2000

Honorary Doctorate2000

Noether Lecture1988

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences1985

MacArthur Fellows Program1983

About this person

She is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University.

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United States