H. Blaine Lawson
Herbert Blaine Lawson Jr. is an American mathematician known for his work in minimal surfaces, calibrated geometry, algebraic cycles, foliations, several complex variables, Riemannian geometry, and partial differential equations. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Stony Brook University.
Lawson completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University in 1964, earning degrees in both applied mathematics and Russian literature. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1969, where he worked under the supervision of Robert Osserman.
After completing his doctorate, Lawson joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He rose to the rank of full professor before moving to Stony Brook University in 1978, where he has remained.
Lawson has held extended visiting positions at several international research institutes. These include the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris, the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada in Rio de Janeiro, the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Kyoto University, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research School of Mathematics in Mumbai.
Lawson completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University in 1964, earning degrees in both applied mathematics and Russian literature. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1969, where he worked under the supervision of Robert Osserman.
After completing his doctorate, Lawson joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He rose to the rank of full professor before moving to Stony Brook University in 1978, where he has remained.
Lawson has held extended visiting positions at several international research institutes. These include the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris, the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada in Rio de Janeiro, the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Kyoto University, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research School of Mathematics in Mumbai.
