Maryam Mirzakhani Age, Wiki and Bio

Maryam Mirzakhani

Quick Info

ProfessionMathematician
NationalityIranian
Date of Birth3/05/1977
Age47 years
BirthplaceTehran, Iran

Physical Stats & More

Height157 cm
Weight50 kg
Eye ColorBlue
Hair ColorDark Brown

Personal Life

Date of Death15/07/2017
Death CauseBreast Cancer
Birth PlaceTehran, Iran
Zodiac sign/Sun signTaurus
HometownTehran, Iran
SchoolFarzanegan High School, Tehran, Iran
CollegeHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
ReligionIslam
Address450 Serra Mall Bldg. 380 Stanford, CA

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/BoyfriendsNot Known
Husband/SpouseJan Vondrák (Theoretical Computer Scientist, m.2005 - present)
Marriage Date24/03/2005
Children
SonN/A
DaughterAnahita

Family

FatherAhmad Mirzakhani
MotherNot Known
Siblings1 (Elder)
SpouseJan Vondrák (Theoretical Computer Scientist)
Children
SonN/A
DaughterAnahita

Favourites

Favourite Mathematicians
  • Maxim Kontsevich
  • Curtis T. McMullen
  • Edward Witten
Favourite BookLust for Life by Irving Stone

Some Lesser Known Facts

Maryam Mirzakhani does not smoke.
It is not known if Maryam Mirzakhani drinks alcohol.
After being inspired by biographies of famous individuals and literature, such as Marie Curie, Helen Keller, and "Lust for Life" about Vincent van Gogh, Maryam desired to become a writer.
She earned a gold medal in the 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad, becoming the first female Iranian student to do so.
In 2014, the International Mathematical Union recognized her for her contributions to the theory of Riemann Surface. In February 2017, she was awarded the Fields Medal, likened to the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, becoming the first woman to receive this honor.
Maryam Mirzakhani developed a formula to represent the volume of moduli space as a polynomial based on the number of boundary components.
Her research encompasses Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
Currently, she is a Mathematics professor at Stanford University in California.
On July 15, 2017, Maryam Mirzakhani passed away after battling breast cancer for four years.