Terence Tao — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the Fields Medal (2006), Royal Medal (2014), and Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014).
Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 1996, holding the James and Carol Collins Chair.
Author or co-author of over three hundred research papers in areas including harmonic analysis, combinatorics, and number theory.
Youngest gold medalist in the history of the International Mathematical Olympiad, achieving the feat at age 13 in 1988.
Holds a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Mathematics.

Biography

Terence Tao is an Australian and American mathematician who serves as a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins Chair. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest living mathematicians, recognized with the Fields Medal in 2006, the Royal Medal and Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2014, and named a MacArthur Fellow in 2006.