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Emmy Murphy Is a Mathematician Who Finds Beauty in Flexibility

By Erica Klarreich
March 27, 2023
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The prize-winning geometer feels most fulfilled when exploring the fertile ground where constraint meets creation.

Arvind Narayanan
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The Researcher Who Would Teach Machines to Be Fair

By Sheon Han
March 10, 2023
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Arvind Narayanan uses quantitative methods to expose and correct the misuse of quantitative methods.

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An Applied Mathematician With an Unexpected Toolbox

By Rachel Crowell
March 1, 2023
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Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning.

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She Studies Growing Arteries to Aid Heart Attack Recovery

By Claudia Dreifus
February 13, 2023
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Regenerative medicine researcher Kristy Red Horse’s discoveries may someday help damaged hearts heal better. Her stewardship of her Native American heritage may advance science in other ways too.

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The Computer Scientist Who Finds Life Lessons in Games

By Ben Brubaker
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In Shang-Hua Teng’s work, theoretical and practical questions have long been intertwined. Now he’s turning his focus to the impractical.

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Starfish Whisperer Develops a Physical Language of Life

By Charlie Wood
January 11, 2023
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Nikta Fakhri is adapting and extending concepts from physics to describe how tiny biological components give rise to living organisms.

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A Mathematician Dancing Between Algebra and Geometry

By Rachel Crowell
November 22, 2022
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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.

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A Mathematician Who Fled to Freedom but Still Faces Doubts

By Jordana Cepelewicz
November 1, 2022
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Svetlana Jitomirskaya was born in Ukraine, but left the Soviet Union to escape sexism and antisemitism. Even though her work in mathematical physics has now been honored with one of the field’s top prizes, she finds herself still fighting old battles.

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The Computer Scientist Who’s Boosting Privacy on the Internet

By Steve Nadis
October 18, 2022
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Harry Halpin wants our internet conversations to be more private. He’s helped create a new kind of network that might make it possible.


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