Caucher Birkar#
| Membership Number: | 5136 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge
- 2010 - 2015 University Reader, University of Cambridge
- 2007 - 2010 University Lecturer, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Algebraic geometry
- Birational geometry
- Minimal model program
- Fano varieties
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Leverhulme Prize
- 2010 Prize of the Fondation des Sciences Mathématiques de Paris
- 2016 AMS Moore Prize
- 2018 LMS Whitehead Prize
- 2018 Fields Medal
- 2019 Royal Society Fellow
- 2019 Royal Society Research Professorship
