Rachel Crowell

Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.

The numbers count a variety of seemingly unrelated mathematical structures.

On Mount Everest and in the Peruvian Andes, Tracie Seimon uses DNA to study how species and ecosystems respond to climate change, pathogens and other influences.

Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning.

Wei Ho, the first director of the Women and Mathematics program at the Institute for Advanced Study, combines algebra and geometry in her work on an ancient class of curves.

The result could help researchers answer a larger question about flattening objects from the fourth dimension to the third dimension.

When scientists discover genes linked to dangerous illnesses in their samples, how should they convey that news to the study participants? The geneticist Cristen Willer had to tackle that challenge.

Glycans, the complex sugars that stud cellular surfaces, are like a language that life uses to mediate vital interactions. Researchers are learning how to read their meaning.

Rediet Abebe uses the tools of theoretical computer science to understand pressing social problems — and try to fix them.