Karen Uhlenbeck

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American mathematician human mathematician

Karen Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician renowned for her pioneering work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, and for being one of the most influential women in modern mathematics.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardReceived	AMS Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics → Abel Prize → Leroy P. Steele Prize → MacArthur Fellowship → National Medal of Science → Noether Lecture → Steel Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1942-08-24 →
educatedAt	New York University → University of Michigan →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study → Princeton University → University of Texas at Austin →
familyName	Uhlenbeck →
fieldOfWork	gauge theory → geometric analysis → global analysis → mathematical physics → mathematics → partial differential equations →
givenName	Karen →
hasOccupation	researcher → university teacher →
influenced	mathematical gauge theory → modern geometric analysis →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Mathematical Society → Association for Women in Mathematics → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Karen Uhlenbeck →
notableFor	being a leading woman in modern mathematics → foundational contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations → influence on modern differential geometry → mentoring women in mathematics → pioneering work in gauge theory → pioneering work in geometric analysis →
notableWork	development of analytical tools for gauge theory → foundational work on Yang–Mills equations → work on minimal surfaces and harmonic maps →
placeOfBirth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America →
positionHeld	Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin → professor of mathematics →
sexOrGender	female →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
School of Mathematics →	employerOf
Wolf Prize in Mathematics →	hasLaureate
Emmy Noether Lecture →	hasNotableLecturer
Karen Uhlenbeck →	name
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics →	notableRecipient