Kim Plofker
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Kim Leslie Plofker | |
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| Born | November 25, 1964 Chennai, India |
| Alma mater | Haverford College, Brown University |
| Known for | History of Indian mathematics; Mathematics in India (2009); Sanskrit Astronomical Tables (2019) |
| Awards | Brouwer Medal (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History of mathematics |
| Institutions | Union College, Brown University, MIT, Utrecht University |
| Doctoral advisor | David Pingree |
Kim Leslie Plofker (born November 25, 1964) is an American historian of mathematics, specializing in Indian mathematics.
Born in Chennai, India, Plofker received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Haverford College. She received her Ph.D. in 1995 while studying with adviser David Pingree[1] (Mathematical Approximation by Transformation of Sine Functions in Medieval Sanskrit Astronomical Texts) from Brown University, where she conducted research and later joined as a guest professor.[2]
In the late 1990s, she was Technical Director of the American Committee for South Asian Manuscripts of the American Oriental Society, where she was also concerned with the development of programs for the text comparison. From 2000 to 2004, she was at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During 2004 and 2005, she was a visiting professor in Utrecht and at the same time Fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden.[3] She is currently an associate professor at Union College in Schenectady.[4]
