Shing-Tung Yau

American mathematician from Hong Kong · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1949 · age 77

Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese American mathematician and educator. He is the First ethnic Chinese Fields medalist and director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and professor emeritus at Harvard University.

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2023Shaw PrizeAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2010Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward2009Great Immigrants AwardAward2003Honorary Doctor of the Zhejiang UniversityAward1997National Medal of ScienceAward1994Crafoord Prize in MathematicsAward1991Humboldt PrizeAward1984MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1982Fields medalAwardGuggenheim FellowshipAward1981John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of ScienceAwardOswald Veblen Prize in GeometryAward1949Born4 April 1949