Gang Tian

Gang Tian
Gang Tian at Oberwolfach in 2005
Born	(1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 58) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Nationality	China
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Princeton University Peking University
Alma mater	Harvard University Peking University Nanjing University
Doctoral advisor	Shing-Tung Yau
Doctoral students	Nataša Šešum
Known for	Bogomolov–Tian–Todorov theorem
Notable awards	Veblen Prize (1996) Alan T. Waterman Award (1994)

Tian Gang (simplified Chinese: 田刚; traditional Chinese: 田剛; pinyin: Tián Gāng; born November 1958) is a Chinese-American mathematician and an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known for his contributions to geometric analysis and quantum cohomology especially Gromov-Witten invariants, among other fields. He was born in Nanjing, and was a professor of mathematics at MIT from 1995–2006 (holding the chair of Simons Professor of Mathematics from 1996), but now divides his time between Princeton University and Peking University. His employment at Princeton started from 2003, and now he is entitled Higgins Professor of Mathematics; starting 2005, he has been the director of Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research (BICMR); he has also been Dean of School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University since 2013. He with John Milnor involved as Senior Scholars of The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI). Since 2011, Gang Tian become director of Sino-French Research Program in Mathematic in "le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique"(CNRS) in Paris. Since 2010, He became Scientific council for International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste in Italy.

Tian graduated from Nanjing University in 1982, and received a master's degree from Peking University in 1984. In 1988, he received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University, after having studied under Shing-Tung Yau. This work was so exceptional he was invited to present it at the Geometry Festival that year. In 1998, he was appointed as a Cheung Kong Scholar professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University, under the "Cheung Kong Scholars Programme" (长江计划) of the Ministry of Education. Later his appointment was changed to Cheung Kong Scholar chair professorship. He was awarded the Alan T. Waterman Award in 1994, and the Veblen Prize in 1996. In 2004 Tian was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.