Mark Kisin is a mathematician known for work in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry. In particular, he is known for his contributions to the study of p-adic representations and p-adic cohomology.

Mark Kisin
Kisin in 2007
Born (1971-08-10) August 10, 1971 (age 53)
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
Thesis Local constancy in p-adic families of Galois representations  (1998)
Doctoral advisorNicholas M. Katz
Doctoral studentsYunqing Tang
Websitepeople.math.harvard.edu/~kisin

Born in Vilnius, Lithuania and raised from the age of five in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1989[1] and received his B.Sc. from Monash University in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1998 under the direction of Nick Katz.[2] From 1998 to 2001 he was a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, after which he spent three years at the University of Münster.

After six years at the University of Chicago, Kisin took the post in 2009 of professor of mathematics at Harvard University.[3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008.[4] He gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010, on the topic of "Number Theory".[5] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022.

Mark Kisin gave multiple math talks in 2023, such as Essential Dimension via Prismatic Cosmology.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Mark Kisin". International Mathematical Olympiad. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ Mark Kisin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ "Mark Kisin Named Professor of Mathematics at Harvard".
  4. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society". Royal Society. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ^ "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897". International Congress of Mathematicians.
  6. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-27.
  7. ^ Essential Dimension via Prismatic Cohomology - Mark Kisin. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
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