Ciprian Manolescu
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Ciprian Manolescu is a Romanian mathematician
. He is presently an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles
.
He completed his first 8 classes at School no. 11 Mihai Eminescu and secondary education at Ion Brătianu High School in Piteşti
, and his undergrad and Ph.D. at Harvard University
under the direction of Peter B. Kronheimer
. His thesis topic was A spectrum valued TQFT from the Seiberg–Witten equations. His research interests span the areas of gauge theory
, symplectic geometry, algebraic topology
, and low-dimensional topology
.
He is among the handful of recipients of the Clay Research Fellowship (2004–2008).
He was the winner of the Morgan Prize
, awarded jointly by AMS-MAA-SIAM, in 2002. His undergraduate thesis was on Finite dimensional approximation in Seiberg–Witten theory.
He has one of the best records ever in mathematical competitions:
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He is presently an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
He completed his first 8 classes at School no. 11 Mihai Eminescu and secondary education at Ion Brătianu High School in Piteşti
Pitesti
Pitești is a city in Romania, located on the Argeș River. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated on the A1 freeway connecting it directly to the national capital Bucharest,...
, and his undergrad and Ph.D. at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
under the direction of Peter B. Kronheimer
Peter B. Kronheimer
Peter Benedict Kronheimer is a British mathematician, known for his work on gauge theory and its applications to 3- and 4-dimensional topology. He is presently William Casper Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University....
. His thesis topic was A spectrum valued TQFT from the Seiberg–Witten equations. His research interests span the areas of gauge theory
Gauge theory
In physics, gauge invariance is the property of a field theory in which different configurations of the underlying fundamental but unobservable fields result in identical observable quantities. A theory with such a property is called a gauge theory...
, symplectic geometry, algebraic topology
Algebraic topology
Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics which uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariants that classify topological spaces up to homeomorphism, though usually most classify up to homotopy equivalence.Although algebraic topology...
, and low-dimensional topology
Low-dimensional topology
In mathematics, low-dimensional topology is the branch of topology that studies manifolds of four or fewer dimensions. Representative topics are the structure theory of 3-manifolds and 4-manifolds, knot theory, and braid groups. It can be regarded as a part of geometric topology.A number of...
.
He is among the handful of recipients of the Clay Research Fellowship (2004–2008).
He was the winner of the Morgan Prize
Morgan Prize
The Morgan Prize in Mathematics may refer to:* Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student awarded jointly by the American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics* De Morgan...
, awarded jointly by AMS-MAA-SIAM, in 2002. His undergraduate thesis was on Finite dimensional approximation in Seiberg–Witten theory.
He has one of the best records ever in mathematical competitions:
- He holds the sole distinction of writing three perfect papers at the International Mathematical OlympiadInternational Mathematical OlympiadThe International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...
: Toronto, Canada (1995); Bombay, India (1996); Mar del Plata, Argentina (1997). - He placed in the top 5 on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical CompetitionWilliam Lowell Putnam Mathematical CompetitionThe William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, often abbreviated to the Putnam Competition, is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college students of the United States and Canada, awarding scholarships and cash prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500 for the top students and $5,000...
for college undergraduates in 1997, 1998, and 2000.