Sophie Morel

Sophie Morel (born 1979) is a French mathematician, specializing in number theory. She is a CNRS directrice de recherches in mathematics at École Normale supérieure de Lyon. In 2012 she received one of the ten prizes of the European Mathematical Society.

Sophie Morel
Born (1979-12-16) December 16, 1979
Issy-les-Moulineaux
NationalityFrance
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Université Paris-Sud
AwardsEMS Prize (2012)
AWM-Microsoft Research Prize (2014)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsÉcole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Princeton University
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorGérard Laumon[2]

Biography

In a 2011 interview, Morel credited a math magazine bought while in 9th grade as well as summer camps for developing her interest in mathematics[3] and in a 2012 interview she mentioned being a keen distance runner.[4] She studied in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure. In 2005 she finished her Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sud, under the supervision of Gérard Laumon. Her thesis was a step forward in the Langlands program.[4]

After her Ph.D., she was a Clay Research Fellow between 2005 and 2011. In December 2009 she was appointed as a professor of mathematics at Harvard University,[5] becoming the first woman in mathematics to be tenured there.[6]

Recognition

She gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010, in the "Number Theory" section.[7] In 2012 she received one of the prestigious European Mathematical Society Prize for young researchers, and in May 2013 she was announced as the winner of the inaugural 2014 AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory.[8]

Selected publications

References
  1. "AWM Awards Inaugural Research Prizes" (PDF), Mathematics People, Notices of the AMS, 60 (7): 930, August 2013.
  2. Sophie Morel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "An Interview with Sophie Morel, Part 1" (PDF), Girls' Angle Bulletin, 5 (1): 3–6, October 2011
  4. "Interview: Sophie Morel, Harvard University", EWM Newsletter, European Women in Mathematics, 21: 8–9, November 6, 2012
  5. Bradt, Steve (January 14, 2010), "Mathematician gains dual appointments Sophie Morel will join FAS, Radcliffe Institute", Harvard Gazette.
  6. Lewin, Tamar (March 12, 2010), "Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard", The New York Times.
  7. "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897". International Congress of Mathematicians.
  8. "Prof. Sophie Morel wins inaugural AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory". Princeton University Mathematics Department.
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