Erica Klarreich
American mathematician
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Erica Gail Klarreich is an American mathematician, journalist and science popularizer.
Erica Klarreich | |
|---|---|
| Education | Stony Brook University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Quanta Magazine |
| Website | https://ericaklarreich.pressfolios.com/ |
Early life and education
Klarreich's father was a professor of mathematics, and her mother was a mathematics teacher.[1]
Klarreich obtained her Ph.D. in mathematics under the guidance of Yair Nathan Minsky at Stony Brook University in 1997.[2]
Mathematics
As a mathematician, Klarreich proved that the boundary of the curve complex is homeomorphic to the space of ending laminations.[3]
Popular science writing
As a popular science writer, Klarreich's work has appeared in publications such as Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Quanta Magazine.[4][5] She is one of the winners of the 2021 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award for her popular science writing.[6]
Personal life
As of 2025, Klarreich lives in Berkeley, California.[7]
Selected publications
Mathematics
- "The boundary at infinity of the curve complex and the relative Teichmüller space"
- "Semiconjugacies between Kleinian group actions on the Riemann sphere"
Popular science
- "Biologists join the dots", Nature, v. 413, n. 6855, pp. 450–452, 2001.
- "Foams and honeycombs", American Scientist, v. 88, n. 2, pp. 152–161, 2000.
- "Quantum cryptography: Can you keep a secret?", Nature, v. 418, n. 6895, pp. 270–272, 2002.
- "Huygens's clocks revisited", American Scientist, v. 90, pp. 322–323, 2002.
