Edward Bierstone

Edward Bierstone
Born (1946-12-21) December 21, 1946
CitizenshipCanadian
EducationBrandeis University
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Workplaces
Richard Sheldon Palais

Edward Bierstone FRSC (born December 21, 1946) is a Canadian mathematician who specializes in singularity theory, analytic geometry, and differential analysis. He is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto.[1]

Education and career

He received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. at Brandeis University in 1972. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the summer of 1973.[2] He served as the Director of the Fields Institute from 2009 to 2013.[3]

Recognition

Bierstone was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1992 and, together with Pierre Milman, received the Jeffery–Williams Prize in 2005. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4] In 2018, the Canadian Mathematical Society listed him in their inaugural class of fellows.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Edward Bierstone". mathematics.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Edward Bierstone". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Edward Bierstone Appointed Next Director of Fields Institute". Fields Institute. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows, Canadian Mathematical Society, December 7, 2018, archived from the original on January 22, 2021, retrieved January 7, 2020


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