Richard Canary
American mathematician
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Richard Douglas Canary (born in 1962) is an American mathematician working mainly on low-dimensional topology. He is a professor at the University of Michigan.[1]
AlmamaterPrinceton University (Ph.D.)
AwardsSloan Research Fellow (1993)
FieldsLow-dimensional topology
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Richard Douglas Canary | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellow (1993) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Low-dimensional topology |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Hyperbolic Structures on 3-Manifolds with Compressible Boundaries (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Paul Thurston |
Canary obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989 under the supervision of William Paul Thurston, with the thesis Hyperbolic Structures on 3-Manifolds with Compressible Boundaries.[2]
He received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1993.[3]
In 2015 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society, "for contributions to low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry as well as for service and teaching in mathematics."[4]
