Education
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1990 and his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1994.
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Rahul Pandharipande
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Career
His particular interests concern the moduli of curves, Gromov–Witten theory, and the moduli of sheaves. His advisor at Harvard was Joe Harris. After teaching at the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology, he joined the faculty as Professor of Mathematics at Princeton in 2002.
In 2011, he accepted a Professorship at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
He frequently collaborates with Fields medalist Andrei Okounkov. The Infosys Prize 2013 in Mathematical Sciences was awarded to Rahul Pandharipande for his profound work in algebraic geometry.
In particular, for his work on Gromov–Witten theory for Riemann surfaces, for predicting the connection between Gromov–Witten and Donaldson‑Thomas theories, and for his recent work with Aaron Pixton that establishes this connection for Calabi–Yau 3-folds. His father Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande was a renowned theoretical physicist who worked in the area of nuclear physics.
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Clay Research Award; Infosys Prize
The Clay Research Award is an annual award given by the Oxford-based Clay Mathematics Institute to mathematicians to recognize their achievement in mathematical research.; The Infosys Prize is an annual award given to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists in India by the Infosys Science Foundation and ranks among the highest monetary awards in India to recognize scientific research.The Clay Research Award is an annual award given by the Oxford-based Clay Mathematics Institute to mathematicians to recognize their achievement in mathematical research.; The Infosys Prize is an annual award given to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists in India by the Infosys Science Foundation and ranks among the highest monetary awards in India to recognize scientific research.