Artur Avila
Artur Avila is a professor at the Universität Zürich and an extraordinaire researcher at the IMPA in Brazil, who works on dynamical systems and spectral theory.
Artur Avila was born in 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1995, and received his PhD from the IMPA in 2001. Professor Avila was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014. He also received, among others, the Salem Prize (2006), the EMS Prize (2008), the Michael Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems (2011) and the TWAS Prize (2013). In 2010 Professor Avila was a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and an international member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA).
Alex Eskin
Alex Eskin is a professor at the University of Chicago, who works on dynamical systems, with a particular focus on their applications to geometry and number theory.
Alex Eskin was born in 1965 in Moscow, USSR. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1993. Professor Eskin was awarded, among others, the Clay Research Award (2007) and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2020). He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin (1998) and Hyderabad (2010). Professor Eskin is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences (USA).
Ben Green
Ben Green is a professor at the University of Oxford, who works on analysis, combinatorics, number theory, and group theory.
Ben Green was born in 1977 in Bristol, England. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2003. Professor Green was awarded, among others, the Clay Research Award (2004), the Salem Prize (2005), the Ostrowski Prize (2005), the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2007), the EMS Prize (2008), and the Sylvester Medal (2014). He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid (2006), and a plenary speaker at ICM 2014 in Seoul. Professor Green is a fellow of the Royal Society and the American Mathematical Society.
Martin Hairer
Martin Hairer is a professor at both EPFL and Imperial College London, who works on probability theory and analysis, with a particular focus on stochastic partial differential equations.
Martin Hairer was born in 1975 in Geneva, Switzerland. He received his PhD from the University of Geneva in 2001. Professor Hairer was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014. He also received, among others, the Fermat Prize (2013), the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2021), the King Faisal Prize (2022), and the Sylvester Medal (2025). In 2014 Professor Hairer was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and the American Mathematical Society as well as a member of the Academia Europaea, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Adam Kanigowski
Adam Kanigowski is a professor at both the University of Maryland and the Jagiellonian University, who works on dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
Adam Kanigowski was born in 1989 in Włocławek, Poland. He received his PhD from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2015. Professor Kanigowski was awarded, among others, the International Stefan Banach Prize (2016), the EMS Prize (2024) and the Stefan Banach Prize of the Polish Mathematical Society (2025). He is an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia (2026).
Jean-François Le Gall
Jean-François Le Gall is a professor at the Université Paris-Saclay, who works on probability theory.
Jean-François Le Gall was born in 1959 in Morlaix, France. He received his PhD from the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie in 1982. Professor Le Gall was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2019. He also received, among others, the Rollo Davidson Prize (1986), the Loève Prize (1997), the Fermat Prize (2005), and the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences (2021). Professor Le Gall was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin (1998), and a plenary speaker at ICM 2014 in Seoul. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Pierre-Louis Lions
Pierre-Louis Lions is a professor at the Collège de France, who works on partial differential equations and applications.
Pierre-Louis Lions was born in 1956 in Grasse, France. He received his PhD from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1979. Professor Lions was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994. He also received, among others, the Ampère Prize of the French Academy of Sciences in 1992. Professor Lions was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warszawa (1983) and Kyoto (1990). He is a member of several academies, including the Academia Europaea, TWAS, the French Academy of Sciences, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and the French Academy of Technologies.
Peter Sarnak
Peter Sarnak is a professor at Princeton University and a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, who works on number theory.
Peter Sarnak was born in 1953 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1980. Professor Sarnak was awarded the Wolf Prize in 2014. He also received, among others, the Ostrowski Prize (2001), the Cole Prize in Number Theory (2005), the Sylvester Medal (2019), and the Shaw Prize (2024). Professor Sarnak was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Kyoto (1990), and a plenary speaker at ICM 1998 in Berlin. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and the American Mathematical Society. Professor Sarnak is also a member of the Academia Europaea, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences (USA) as well as a honorary member of the London Mathematical Society.
Sylvia Serfaty
Sylvia Serfaty is a professor at both Sorbonne Université and New York University's Courant Institute, who works on partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
Sylvia Serfaty was born in 1975 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She received her PhD from the Université Paris-Sud in 1999. Professor Serfaty was awarded, among others, the EMS Prize (2004), the Henri Poincaré Prize (2012), the Maryam Mirzakhani Prize (2024), and the Riemann Prize (2025). She was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid (2006), and a plenary speaker at ICM 2018 in Rio de Janeiro. Professor Serfaty is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences.