Sylvia Serfaty (born 1975)[1] is a French mathematician working in the United States. She won the 2004 EMS Prize for her contributions to the Ginzburg–Landau theory, the Henri Poincaré Prize in 2012, and the Mergier–Bourdeix Prize of the French Academy of Sciences in 2013.[2]
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.jpg) Serfaty at the ICM 2018 | |
| Born | November 6, 1975 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | New York University |
| Doctoral advisor | Fabrice Bethuel |
Early life and education
editSerfaty was born and raised in Paris.[3] She was interested in mathematics since high school.
Serfaty earned her doctorate from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1999, under supervision of Fabrice Bethuel.[4] She then held a teaching position (agrégé préparateur) at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan. Since 2007 she has held a professorship at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of NYU.
Research
editSerfaty's research is part of the field of partial differential equations and mathematical physics. Her work particularly focuses on the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity and quantum vortices in the Ginzburg–Landau theory. She has also worked on the statistical mechanics of Coulomb-type systems.
In 2007 she published a book on the Ginzburg-Landau theory with Étienne Sandier, Vortices in the Magnetic Ginzburg-Landau Model .[3] She was an invited plenary speaker at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians.[5]
She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.[6]
She is one of the editors-in-chief of the scientific journal Probability and Mathematical Physics.[7]
Awards
edit- European Mathematical Society Prize in 2004[3]
- Henri Poincaré Prize in 2012[3]
- Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics in 2024[8]
References
edit- ^ Birth year from ISNI authority control file, retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ^ Sylvia Serfaty de nouveau couronnée avec le grand prix Mergier-Bourdeix de l'Académie des Sciences (in French), UPMC, July 12, 2013, archived from the original on 2013-09-01, retrieved 2017-04-04
- ^ a b c d Roberts, Siobhan (February 21, 2017). "In Mathematics, 'You Cannot Be Lied To'". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Sylvia Serfaty at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Plenary lectures", ICM 2018, archived from the original on 2018-12-29, retrieved 2018-08-08
- ^ "New 2019 Academy Members Announced". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Probability and Mathematical Physics". msp.org. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ "Sylvia Serfaty". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2024-01-23.