Christopher Hacon facts for kids
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Christopher Hacon
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Hacon at Oberwolfach in 2008
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Christopher Derek Hacon
14 February 1970 Manchester, England
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| Nationality | British Italian American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Spouse(s) | Aleksandra Jovanovic-Hacon |
| Children | Stefan Jovanovic-Hacon, Ana Jovanovic-Hacon, Aleksandar (Sasha) Jovanovic-Hacon, Kristina Jovanovic-Hacon, Daniela Jovanovic-Hacon, Marko Jovanovic-Hacon |
| Awards | Clay Research Award (2007) Cole Prize (2009) Feltrinelli Prize (2011) Breakthrough Prize (2018) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
| Thesis | Seshadri Constants of Ample Vector Bundles Divisors on Principally Polarized Abelian Varieties (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Lazarsfeld |
Christopher Derek Hacon (born February 14, 1970) is a brilliant mathematician. He has British, Italian, and American nationalities. He works as a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah. Professor Hacon studies algebraic geometry, a special part of mathematics. It uses tools from algebra to solve problems about shapes and spaces.
Christopher Hacon was born in Manchester, England. He grew up in Italy. He studied mathematics at the University of Pisa and finished in 1992. Later, he earned his doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998. His teacher there was Robert Lazarsfeld.
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Amazing Awards and Honors
Christopher Hacon has received many important awards for his work in mathematics. These awards show how much his discoveries have helped the field.
Clay Research Award
In 2007, he won the Clay Research Award. He shared this award with James McKernan. They earned it for their work on understanding complex shapes in higher dimensions. Their discoveries helped prove something called "the existence of flips." This is a big step in birational geometry, which is about changing shapes without tearing them.
Cole Prize in Algebra
In 2009, Professor Hacon and James McKernan also received the Cole Prize. This prize is given for amazing contributions to algebra. It recognized their continued important work together.
International Recognition
In 2010, Christopher Hacon was invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians. This is a very important event for mathematicians worldwide. He spoke about his work in "Algebraic Geometry."
In 2011, he received the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize. This award came from Italy's famous Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. It was given for his achievements in Mathematics, Mechanics, and Applications.
Becoming a Fellow
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This means he is recognized as a leading expert in his field. Also in 2012, he became a Simons Investigator, which supports his research.
More Prestigious Awards
In 2015, he won the American Mathematical Society Moore Prize. In 2017, he was chosen to be part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This group includes top thinkers and leaders.
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
In 2017, he and James McKernan won the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. This is one of the biggest awards in science. It celebrates major scientific achievements.
National Academy of Sciences
In 2018, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. This is a very high honor in the United States. It means he is among the country's most respected scientists.
Royal Society Fellow
In 2019, he was elected to the Royal Society. This is a very old and respected scientific academy in the United Kingdom.
