Robert Lazarsfeld

Robert Lazarsfeld
Born (1953-04-15) April 15, 1953
New York City
Alma materBrown University
Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsStony Brook University
University of Michigan
University of California, Los Angeles
ThesisBranched Coverings of Projective Space (1980)
Doctoral advisor
William Fulton
Doctoral students
Christopher Hacon
Mihnea Popa

Robert Kendall Lazarsfeld (born April 15, 1953) is an American mathematician who specializes in algebraic geometry. He is currently a distinguished professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University. He was previously the Raymond L. Wilder Collegiate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. He is the son of two sociologists, Paul Lazarsfeld and Patricia Kendall.

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