Hiraku Nakajima
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BornNovember 30, 1962
AlmamaterUniversity of Tokyo
AwardsGeometry Prize (1997)
Cole Prize (2003)
Cole Prize (2003)
FieldsMathematics
Hiraku Nakajima | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1962 |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Awards | Geometry Prize (1997) Cole Prize (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
Hiraku Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 啓 Nakajima Hiraku; born November 30, 1962) is a Japanese mathematician, and a professor of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo. He is International Mathematical Union president for the 2023–2026 term.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1991. In 2002 he was plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing. He won the 2003 Cole Prize in algebra for his work on representation theory and geometry. He proved Nekrasov's conjecture.
- 1985 - BA from the University of Tokyo
- 1987 - MA from the University of Tokyo, and became a research associate at the University of Tokyo
- 1991 - PhD from the University of Tokyo
- 1992 - Associate professor at Tohoku University
- 1995 - Associate professor at the University of Tokyo
- 1997 - Associate professor at Kyoto University
- 2000 - Full professor at Kyoto University
- 2018 - Full professor at Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
