Mark Kisin

Mark Kisin
Nationality	United States
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University University of Chicago University of Münster
Alma mater	Princeton University Monash University
Doctoral advisor	Nick Katz
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Society

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.

Born in Lithuania and raised in Australia, he 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. He has been professor of mathematics at Harvard University since 2009, after six years at the University of Chicago.^[1] From 1998 to 2003, he was at the University of Münster.

References

1. ^ Mark Kisin Named Professor of Mathematics at Harvard, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news-and-notices/news/press-releases/kisin-05072009.shtml 

External links

• Mark Kisin's Webpage
• Mark Kisin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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