!!Nigel James Hitchin - Curriculum vitae \\ [CV|NHitchin-FullCV-2012.pdf] \\ \\ __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