Mike Hill (mathematician)

Michael A. Hill
The mathematician Michael A. "Mike" Hill at Oberwolfach in 2014
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forKervaire invariant problem
AwardsVeblen Prize (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Virginia
Doctoral advisorsMichael J. Hopkins

Michael Anthony "Mike" Hill is an American mathematician known for his research in topology. He is a professor at the University of Minnesota. Together with Michael J. Hopkins and Douglas Ravenel, he received the American Mathematical Society's Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry in 2022 for the paper "On the nonexistence of elements of Kervaire invariant one."[1]

Education

Hill's undergraduate degree is from Harvard University.[2] He earned a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. His doctoral advisor was Michael J. Hopkins. His dissertation, in algebraic topology, was titled "Computational Methods for Higher Real K-Theory with Applications to Tmf."[3]

Career and personal life

Hill earned tenure at the University of Virginia before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles in 2015.[2] He moved to the University of Minnesota in 2024.

Hill is a co-founder of Spectra, an association for LGBTQ+ mathematicians.[4] He is also a member of the Spectra board.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Michael Hill, Michael Hopkins, and Douglas Ravenel receive 2022 Veblen Prize". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Riehl, Emily. "On performing queerness and mathematics: Emily Riehl interviews Mike Hill". inclusion/exclusion blog. American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Michael Hill". Mathematical Genealogy Project. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ Bryant, Robert; Buckmire, Ron; Khadjavi, Lily; Lind, Doug (June–July 2019). "The Origins of Spectra, an Organization for LGBT Mathematicians" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66 (6): 875–882. doi:10.1090/noti1890. S2CID 197476698.
  5. ^ "Spectra Board". Spectra. Retrieved 6 April 2022.