Ngô Bảo Châu

Ngô Bảo Châu
Châu in 2010
Born (1972-06-28) June 28, 1972
NationalityVietnam
France
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Université de Paris-Sud
Known forProof of the fundamental lemma
SpouseNguyen Bao Thanh
Children3
AwardsClay Research Award (2004)
Oberwolfach Prize (2007)
Sophie Germain Prize (2007)
Fields Medal (2010)
Legion of Honour (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversité de Paris-Sud
Institute for Advanced Study
University of Chicago
Doctoral advisorGérard Laumon

Ngô Bảo Châu (Vietnamese: [ŋo ɓa᷉ːw cəw], born June 28, 1972) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms (proposed by Robert Langlands and Diana Shelstad). He is the first Vietnamese national to have received the Fields Medal.