Christopher Hacon
Christopher Derek Hacon FRS (born 14 February 1970) is a mathematician with British, Italian and US nationalities. He is currently distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah where he holds a Presidential Endowed Chair. His research interests include algebraic geometry.
Christopher Hacon | |
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Hacon at Oberwolfach in 2008 | |
| Born | Christopher Derek Hacon 14 February 1970 Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British Italian American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Spouse | Aleksandra Jovanovic-Hacon |
| Children | Stefan Jovanovic-Hacon, Ana Jovanovic-Hacon, Aleksandar (Sasha) Jovanovic-Hacon, Kristina Jovanovic-Hacon, Daniela Jovanovic-Hacon, Marko Jovanovic-Hacon |
| Awards | Clay Research Award (2007) Cole Prize (2009) Feltrinelli Prize (2011) Breakthrough Prize (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
| Thesis | Seshadri Constants of Ample Vector Bundles Divisors on Principally Polarized Abelian Varieties (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Lazarsfeld |
Hacon was born in Manchester, but grew up in Italy where he studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore and received a degree in mathematics at the University of Pisa in 1992. He received his doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998, under supervision of Robert Lazarsfeld.
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