Marianna Csörnyei
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Marianna Csörnyei is a Hungarian
mathematician
. She works in real analysis, geometric measure theory, and geometric nonlinear functional analysis. She proved the equivalence of the zero measure notions of infinite dimensional Banach spaces.
She received her doctorate from Eötvös Loránd University in 1999 at the age of 24. She was a professor at the Mathematics Department of University College London
between 1999–2011. Currently, she is at the University of Chicago
. She won a 2002 Whitehead Prize
and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
that same year.
Csörnyei was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize
for Mathematics and Statistics in 2008 for her work in geometric measure theory.
Csörnyei spends the 2009/2010 academic year at the Yale University as visiting proefssor.
She was an invited sectional speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
, in 2010.
She is contributing editor of the mathematical journal Real Analysis Exchange
.
Her Erdős number
is 2 via David Preiss
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
mathematician
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....
. She works in real analysis, geometric measure theory, and geometric nonlinear functional analysis. She proved the equivalence of the zero measure notions of infinite dimensional Banach spaces.
She received her doctorate from Eötvös Loránd University in 1999 at the age of 24. She was a professor at the Mathematics Department of University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
between 1999–2011. Currently, she is at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. She won a 2002 Whitehead Prize
Whitehead Prize
The Whitehead Prize is awarded yearly by the London Mathematical Society to a mathematician working in the United Kingdom who is at an early stage of their career. The prize is named in memory of homotopy theory pioneer J. H. C...
and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award is an award to outstanding scientists holding posts at UK universities. It is administered by the Royal Society and jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK Office of Science and Technology, this scheme aims to give universities additional...
that same year.
Csörnyei was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize
Philip Leverhulme Prize
The Philip Leverhulme Prize, awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, is to recognise outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that their greatest achievement is...
for Mathematics and Statistics in 2008 for her work in geometric measure theory.
Csörnyei spends the 2009/2010 academic year at the Yale University as visiting proefssor.
She was an invited sectional speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
International Congress of Mathematicians
The International Congress of Mathematicians is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union ....
, in 2010.
She is contributing editor of the mathematical journal Real Analysis Exchange
Real Analysis Exchange
The Real Analysis Exchange is a mathematics journal, publishing survey articles, research papers, and conference reports in real analysis and related topics. Its editor-in-chief is Paul D. Humke....
.
Her Erdős number
Erdos number
The Erdős number describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.The same principle has been proposed for other eminent persons in other fields.- Overview :...
is 2 via David Preiss
David Preiss
David Preiss is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick and the winner of the 2008 LMS Pólya Prize for his 1987 result on Geometry of Measures, where he solved the remaining problem in the geometric theoretic structure of sets and measures in Euclidean space.David Preiss is...
External links
- Csörnyei's homepage at Chicago University
- Csörnyei's old homepage at UCL
- Csörnyei's old Department homepage at UCL