Robert Lazarsfeld
Robert Lazarsfeld | |
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| Born | April 15, 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University University of Michigan University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Branched Coverings of Projective Space (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Fulton |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Hacon Mihnea Popa |
Robert Kendall Lazarsfeld (born April 15, 1953) is an American mathematician who specializes in algebraic geometry. He is currently a distinguished professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University. He was previously the Raymond L. Wilder Collegiate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. He is the son of two sociologists, Paul Lazarsfeld and Patricia Kendall.