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Rachel Roberts is an American mathematician who studies special areas of math called low-dimensional topology. This involves looking at shapes and spaces in ways that help us understand them better. She is a very respected professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Her Journey in Mathematics

Rachel Roberts earned her highest degree, a Ph.D., from Cornell University in 1992. A Ph.D. is a special degree you get after many years of advanced study and research. For her Ph.D., she wrote a big research paper called a dissertation. Her dissertation was titled Constructing Taut Foliations, and her professor, Allen Hatcher, helped guide her work.

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