Career
As a mathematician, Klarreich is known for her theorem in geometric topology that states that the boundary of the curve complex is homeomorphic to the space of ending laminations. As a science writer, her work appears in publications such as Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Quanta Magazine. Klarreich"s father was a professor of mathematics, and her mother was a mathematics teacher.
Klarreich obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics under the guidance of Yair Nathan Minsky at Stony Brook University in 1997.