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Andrew Putman

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Andrew Putman
Born (1979-10-22) October 22, 1979 (age 45)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRice University
University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsRice University
University of Notre Dame
Doctoral advisorBenson Farb

Andrew Putman (born October 22, 1979) is an American mathematician at the University of Notre Dame. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.

Putman earned his bachelor's degree from Rice University. In 2007, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Chicago, under the supervision of Benson Farb. He was a C. L. E. Moore Instructor at MIT from 2007-2010, and then served on the faculty at Rice from 2010-2016. He then moved to Notre Dame, where he is currently the Notre Dame Professor of Topology.

In 2018, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[1] In 2014, there was a Seminar Bourbaki talk by Aurélien Djament on Putman's work.[2] Further, in 2013, Putman received the Sloan Research Fellowship and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[3]

References

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  1. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2018.
  2. ^ Djament, Aurélien (2016), "La propriété noethérienne pour les foncteurs entre espaces vectoriels [d'après A. Putman, S. Sam et A. Snowden]" (PDF), Astérisque, 380 (Séminaire Bourbaki, Vol. 2014/2015): Exp. No. 1090, 35–60, ISBN 978-2-85629-836-7, MR 3522170
  3. ^ Boyd, Jade (February 18, 2013). "Doubly honored: Two prestigious awards for Rice's Putman". Rice University.
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