Background
Born in Binghamton, New York, Pixton grew up in Vestal, New New York
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Aaron Pixton
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Princeton University.
Career
He works in enumerative geometry and has been appointed as a Clay Research Fellow for a term of five years beginning September 2013. While a student at Vestal Senior High School, he scored a perfect score on the American Mathematics Competition three times from 2002–2004. While an undergraduate at Princeton University, Pixton was a three-time Putnam Fellow.
In 2008, he received a Churchill Scholarship to the University of Cambridge.
Pixton received his Doctor of Philosophy in 2013 from Princeton under the supervision of Rahul Pandharipande. His father, Dennis Pixton, is a retired professor of mathematics at Binghamton University.
Pixton is also a former child prodigy in chess. When he was 12 years old, he defeated the chess master Eugene Levin at the World Open.
Pixton himself became a master at the age of 13.
He is also a FIDE-titled chess player, with a FIDE rating of 2465.
Achievements
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He went on to the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2003 and 2004 to win consecutive gold medals. Foreign his research conducted as an undergraduate, he was awarded the 2009 Morgan Prize. He was the 2001 United States. Cadet Champion, the 2002 United States Junior Chess Champion, and had a win against the former United States Champion Joel Benjamin in 2003.
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Morgan Prize
The Morgan Prize (actually Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student) is an annual award given to an undergraduate student in the United States, Canada, or Mexico who demonstrates superior mathematics research.The Morgan Prize (actually Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student) is an annual award given to an undergraduate student in the United States, Canada, or Mexico who demonstrates superior mathematics research.