Nigel James Hitchin - Curriculum vitae#
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EDUCATION
- 1957-64 Ecclesbourne School, Duffield, Derbyshire
- 1965-69 Jesus College, Oxford
- BA Mathematics, First Class Honours (1968)
- 1969-71 Wolfson College, Oxford
- Diploma in Advanced Mathematics (1969)
- D.Phil (1972)
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
- 1971-73 Research Assistant, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- 1973-74 Courant Institute Instructor, New York University
- 1974-77 SRC Research Assistant, Oxford University
- Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College
- 1977-79 SRC Advanced Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Research Fellow, Wolfson College
- 1979-90 Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics & CUF Lecturer
- St Catherines College, Oxford
- 1990-94 Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick
- 1994-97 Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge University
- Professorial Fellow, Gonville and Caius College
- 1997 Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford University
- Professorial Fellow, New College
VISITING POSITIONS
Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette
1975/79/87/90/94/97
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
1979
SFB 40, University of Bonn
1979
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
1982
State University of New York, Stony Brook
1983-84
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
1988
Catedra BBV, Universidad Aut ´onoma, Madrid
2001
AWARDS
- 1968 Oxford University Junior Mathematical Prize
- 1981 London Mathematical Society Junior Whitehead Prize
- 1990 London Mathematical Society Senior Berwick Prize
- 1991 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1998 Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford
- 2000 Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society
- 2002 London Mathematical Society Polya Prize
- 2003 Honorary DSc University of Bath
LEARNED SOCIETIES
- Academia Europea
- American Mathematical Society
- European Mathematical Society
- London Mathematical Society
- Royal Society
EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry
- Mathematische Annalen
- Journal of Differential Geometry
- Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- Mathematical Research Letters
- Topology
BOOK SERIES
- LMS Lecture Notes (Editor)
- Springer: Grundlehren
- Birkh¨auser:Monographs
- OUP Mathematical Monographs
- Imperial College Press
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
- 1994-96 President, London Mathematical Society
- 1999-2001 Chairman, RAE Assessment Panel, Pure Mathematics
- 1999-2001 Chairman, Scientiffic Steering Committee, Isaac Newton Institute
- 2000 Member, Scientiffic Committee, Max Planck Institute, Bonn
- 2000 Member Advisory Panel, Centre de Recherche Math´ematiques, Montr´eal
- 2002 Royal Society Council Member
NAMED LECTURES
- 1983 Schlumberger Lectures, Rice University
- 1989 Phillips Lectures, Haverford College
- 1992 Clifford Lectures, Tulane University
- 1993 Marston Morse Memorial Lectures, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- 1995 Coble Lectures, University of Illinois, Urbana
- 1995 Namboodiri Lectures, University of Chicago
- 1998 D'Atri Lectures, Rutgers University
- 1999 A T Brauer Lectures, University of North Carolina
- 2000 Bergman Lectures, Stanford University
- 2001 Simons Lectures, Stony Brook
- 2002 Andrejewski Lectures, G¨ottingen
- 2003 Ritt Lectures, Columbia University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Differential and algebraic geometry and its relationship with the equations of mathematical physics.Current projects include the areas of
- Hyperkähler geometry
- Special Lagrangian geometry and mirror symmetry
- Geometric solutions of Painlev´e equations
- Magnetic monopoles
- Vector bundles on algebraic curves
- The theory of gerbes