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Maria Chudnovsky
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Chudnovsky in 2011.
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| Born | January 6, 1977 Leningrad, Soviet Union
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| Nationality | Israeli-American |
| Alma mater | Technion Princeton University |
| Known for | Graph theory, Combinatorial optimization |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Berge Trigraphs and Their Applications. (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Seymour |
Maria Chudnovsky (born January 6, 1977) is a famous mathematician from Israel and the United States. She works on graph theory and combinatorial optimization. These are special areas of mathematics. In 2012, she received a special award called the MacArthur Fellow.
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Education and Career Journey
Maria Chudnovsky is a professor at Princeton University. She grew up in Russia and Israel. She went to school at the Technion. Later, she earned her Ph.D. in 2003 from Princeton University. Her teacher there was Paul Seymour.
After finishing her studies, she worked as a researcher. In 2005, she became a professor at Princeton. Then, in 2006, she moved to Columbia University. By 2014, she was a special professor there. She returned to Princeton in 2015.
Maria also helps with many math journals. She is an editor for magazines like Combinatorica and Journal of Graph Theory. This means she helps decide which new math discoveries get published.
Amazing Discoveries in Math
Maria Chudnovsky has made big contributions to graph theory. This is a part of math that studies networks of points and lines.
One of her most important works is proving the strong perfect graph theorem. She did this with three other mathematicians: Neil Robertson, Paul Seymour, and Robin Thomas. This theorem helps us understand "perfect graphs." These are graphs that are easy to color in a special way. The theorem says that a graph is perfect if it doesn't have certain tricky patterns inside it.
Maria also helped create a fast way to find perfect graphs. This method can recognize them in a "polynomial time." This means it works quickly, even for very large graphs. She also studied "claw-free graphs." These are graphs that don't have a specific star-like shape.
Awards and Recognition
Maria Chudnovsky has won many awards for her math work.
In 2004, Popular Science magazine named her one of the "Brilliant 10." This award recognizes young scientists doing amazing things. Her work on the strong perfect graph theorem earned her and her co-authors the 2009 Fulkerson Prize. This is a very important award in math.
In 2012, she received a "genius award" from the MacArthur Fellows Program. This award gives talented people money to continue their important work. In 2024, she was chosen as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This is a high honor from a major math group.
Her Life Outside Work
In 2011, Maria Chudnovsky married Daniel Panner. He is a musician who plays the viola. He also teaches music at the Mannes School of Music and Rutgers University. They have a son named Rafael.
See also
In Spanish: Maria Chudnovsky para niños
