Sylvia Serfaty
Sylvia Serfaty | |
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| Born | November 6, 1975 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Workplaces | New York University |
| Fabrice Bethuel | |
Sylvia Serfaty (born 1975)[1] is a French mathematician working in the United States. She won the 2004 EMS Prize for her contributions to the Ginzburg–Landau theory, the Henri Poincaré Prize in 2012, and the Mergier–Bourdeix Prize of the French Academy of Sciences in 2013.[2]
Early life and education
Serfaty was born and raised in Paris.[3] She was interested in mathematics since high school.
Serfaty earned her doctorate from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1999, under supervision of Fabrice Bethuel.[4] She then held a teaching position (agrégé préparateur) at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan. Since 2007 she has held a professorship at the [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] of NYU,[5] where she is Silver Professor of Mathematics.[6] She is also a professor at Sorbonne Université, in the Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions.[7].
Research
Serfaty's research is part of the field of partial differential equations and mathematical physics. Her work particularly focuses on the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity and quantum vortices in the Ginzburg–Landau theory. She has also worked on the statistical mechanics of Coulomb-type systems.
In 2007 she published a book on the Ginzburg-Landau theory with Étienne Sandier, Vortices in the Magnetic Ginzburg-Landau Model .[3] She was an invited plenary speaker at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians.[8]
She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.[9] In 2026 she was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences, in its mathematics section.[7]
She is one of the editors-in-chief of the scientific journals Probability and Mathematical Physics and Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics.[10]
Awards
- European Mathematical Society Prize in 2004[3]
- Henri Poincaré Prize in 2012[3]
- Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics in 2024[11]
- Riemann Prize in 2025[12]
References
- ↑ Birth year from ISNI authority control file, retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ Sylvia Serfaty de nouveau couronnée avec le grand prix Mergier-Bourdeix de l'Académie des Sciences (in French), UPMC, July 12, 2013, archived from the original on 2013-09-01, retrieved 2017-04-04
- 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Siobhan (February 21, 2017). "In Mathematics, 'You Cannot Be Lied To'". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ Sylvia Serfaty at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Sylvia Serfaty, short CV". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Sylvia Serfaty". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Eighteen new members of the French Academy of Sciences for 2026" (Press release). Académie des sciences. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Plenary lectures", ICM 2018, archived from the original on 2018-12-29, retrieved 2018-08-08
- ↑ "New 2019 Academy Members Announced". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Sylvia Serfaty: Editorial Work". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Sylvia Serfaty". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ "Riemann Prize Laureate 2025: Sylvia Serfaty". Riemann International School of Mathematics. Retrieved 2025-12-17.