Peter Sarnak

Peter Sarnak has made major contributions to number theory and to questions in analysis motivated by number theory. His interest in mathematics is wide-ranging, and his research focuses on the theory of zeta functions and automorphic forms with applications to number theory, combinatorics, and mathematical physics.

  • Stanford University, Ph.D. 1980;
  • Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, Assistant Professor 1980-83,
  • Associate Professor 1983, Professor 2001-05;
  • Stanford University, Professor 1987-91;
  • Princeton University, Professor 1991-95,
  • Henry Burchard Fine Professor 1995-96,
  • Chair of the Department of Mathematics 1996-99, Professor 1996-2002,
  • Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics 2002-;
  • Institute for Advanced Study, Member 1999-2000, 2002, 2005-07, Professor 2007-;
  • American Philosophical Society, Member; National Academy of Sciences, Member; Royal Society of London, Fellow; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
  • Honorary Doctorate 2010;
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
  • George Pólya Prize 1998;
  • Ostrowski Prize 2001;
  • American Mathematical Society,
  • Levi L. Conant Prize 2003,
  • Frank Nelson Cole Prize 2005

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