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Martin Bridson
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Bridson in 2016
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| Born | 22 October 1964 Douglas, Isle of Man
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| Education | St Ninian's High School, Douglas |
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| Fields | Geometric group theory |
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| Thesis | Geodesics and Curvature in Metric Simplicial Complexes (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karen Vogtmann |
| Doctoral students | Daniel Wise |
Martin Robert Bridson, born on October 22, 1964, is a famous mathematician from the Isle of Man. He is a professor of pure mathematics at the University of Oxford. He also leads the Clay Mathematics Institute.
Professor Bridson used to be the head of Oxford's Mathematical Institute. He is known for his work in geometric group theory. This field combines ideas from geometry, topology, and group theory.
Early Life and Education
Martin Bridson grew up on the Isle of Man. He went to St Ninian's High School, Douglas. After that, he studied at Hertford College, Oxford, and Cornell University.
He earned a Master of Arts degree from Oxford in 1986. Then, he received a Master of Science degree in 1988 from Cornell. He completed his PhD in 1991 at Cornell. His PhD research was about "Geodesics and Curvature in Metric Simplicial Complexes." His advisor was Karen Vogtmann.
Career and Research in Mathematics
Martin Bridson worked as an assistant professor at Princeton University until 1996. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Geneva twice. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London.
He became a Reader (a type of professor) at the University of Oxford in 1996. Later, in 2000, he became a Professor of Topology there. In 2016, he was chosen to be a member of the Royal Society. This is a very important group for scientists in the UK. He was only the second person from the Isle of Man to join this group.
In 2020, he became a member of Academia Europaea. This is an organization for top European scholars. He also won the 2020 Steele Prize with André Haefliger. They won it for their important book, Metric Spaces of Non-positive Curvature. This book was published in 1999.
Awards and Recognitions
Professor Bridson has received many awards for his work in mathematics.
- In 2006, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians. This is a big meeting for mathematicians from all over the world.
- 2016: He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- 2014: He was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
- 1999: He received the Whitehead Prize.
- 2012: He won the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.
- 2020: He became a Member of Academia Europaea.
- 2020: He won the Steele Prize from the American Mathematical Society.
