Ngo Bao Chau
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About
Vietnamese-born mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal for his work on proving the fundamental lemma. He became a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago in 2010.
Before Fame
He won two gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad when he was a high school student.
Trivia
He received the Clay Research Award in 2004 and the Oberwolfach Prize in 2007.
Family Life
He was born in Hanoi, Vietnam to a physics professor father and a physician mother.
Associated With
He and Paul Cohen were both recipients of the Fields Medal in mathematics.
