Prof. Shmuel Weinberger

ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Leonid Polterovich
School of Mathematical Sciences

Distinguished Lecturer in Pure Mathematics
2.11.25-18.11.25

Education

• 1981 B.A., New York University
• 1982 Ph.D., Courant Institute of the Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Professional Experience

• Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago (2020–2023)
• Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics, University of Chicago (2015–present)
• Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago (2012–2017)
• Professor, University of Chicago (1997–2015)
• Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania (1994–1996)
• Professor, University of Chicago (1987–1994)
• Associate Professor, University of Chicago (1985–1987)
• Assistant Professor, University of Chicago (1984–1985)
• Instructor, Princeton University (1982–1984)

Selected Visiting Positions

• Visiting Professor, Hebrew University (2015)
• Simons Visiting Professor, MSRI (2011)
• Visiting Research Professor, MSRI (2006)
• Magnus Visiting Professor, Courant Institute (2004)
• Forscheimer Visiting Professor, Hebrew University (2000–2001)
• Visiting Professor, Courant Institute of the Mathematical Sciences (1989–1992)

Honors and Fellowships

• Fellow, American Mathematical Society (2013)
• Fellow, American Academy for the Advancement of Science (2013)
• Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1985)
• Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985)
• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (1983)
• Friedrichs Prize, Courant Institute (1982)
• NSF Graduate Fellowship (1979)
• Westinghouse Science Talent Search, 4th Place (1977)

Selected Major Lectures

• TIDY Lectures, Tel Aviv University (2021)
• Rademacher Lectures, University of Pennsylvania (2021)
• Clay Lectures, Fields Institute (2020)
• Abraham Robinson Lecture, Yale University (2019)
• Minerva Distinguished Lectures, Princeton University (2017)
• Plenary Lecture, FoCM Triennial Meeting, Barcelona (2017)
• Hardy Lecture Series, London Mathematical Society (2008)
• Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich (1994)

Research Interests

• Geometric topology and differential geometry
• Geometric group theory
• Topologically stratified spaces
• Large-scale geometry and rigidity
• Applications of topology in data analysis and other disciplines