Person
Simon, Leon Melvyn (1945 - )
FAA FRS
- Born
- 6 July 1945
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Leon Simon is a mathematician known for his significant contributions to the fields of geometric analysis and measure theory, second order partial differential equations, minimal hypersurfaces, and the mean curvature vector. He held appointments as Professor of Mathematics at both the University of Adelaide and the University of Sydney before becoming Professor at Stanford University in 1986. Simon has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science since 1983.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - BSc (hons) University of Adelaide
- 1968 - 1971
- Career position - Tutor in Mathematics, University of Adelaide
- 1971
- Education - PhD, University of Adelaide
- 1972 - 1973
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, Flinders University of South Australia
- 1973
- Career position - Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
- 1981 - 1986
- Career position - Professor of Mathematics, Australian National University
- 1983 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1983
- Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society
- 1986 -
- Career position - Professor, Mathematics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
- 1994 -
- Award - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994
- Award - Bôcher Memorial Prize, American Mathematical Society
- 2003 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2012 -
- Award - Fellow, American Mathematical Society
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Leon Simon receives 1994 Bôcher Memorial Prize', Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 41 (2) (1994), 99-100. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1818911. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/108409773. Details
- 'Simon, L (1945-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-583117. Details
Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 15 June 2022