Martin Bridson

Martin Bridson

FRS
Martin Bridson; FRS
	Bridson in 2016
Born	22 October 1964; Douglas, Isle of Man
Education	St Ninian's High School, Douglas
Alma mater	Hertford College, Oxford (MA); Cornell University (PhD);
Awards	Steele Prize (2020); Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2012); Whitehead Prize (1999);
	Scientific career
Fields	Geometric group theory
Institutions	Clay Mathematics Institute; University of Oxford;
Thesis	Geodesics and Curvature in Metric Simplicial Complexes (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Karen Vogtmann
Doctoral students	Daniel Wise
Website	people.maths.ox.ac.uk/bridson

Martin Robert Bridson FRS (born 22 October 1964) is a Manx mathematician. He is Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and the president of the Clay Mathematics Institute. He was previously the head of Oxford's Mathematical Institute. He is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. Specializing in geometry, topology and group theory, Bridson is best known for his work in geometric group theory.

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