Simon Donaldson

1957 -

Country of citizenship: United Kingdom

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Worcester College, Pembroke College, University of Oxford

Occupation: mathematician, university teacher, researcher

Award received: Fields medal, Royal Medal, King Faisal International Prize in Science, Pólya Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, Crafoord Prize in Mathematics, Nemmers Prize in Mathematics, Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Whitehead Prize, Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University

Official website: www2.imperial.ac.uk/~skdona

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Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson (born 20 August 1957) is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson–Thomas theory, and his contributions to Kähler geometry. He is currently a permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University in New York, and a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. Source: Wikipedia (en)