Noam Elkies

Noam David Elkies (born August 25, 1966) is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professor to receive tenure at Harvard. He is also a pianist, chess national master and a chess composer.

Noam Elkies
Noam Elkies in 2007
Born (1966-08-25) August 25, 1966
New York City, US
Alma materColumbia University, B.S. (1985)
Harvard University, Ph.D. (1987)
AwardsPutnam Fellow
Lester R. Ford Award (2004)
Levi L. Conant Prize (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
ThesisSupersingular primes of a given elliptic curve over a number field (1987)
Doctoral advisorBenedict Gross
Barry Mazur
Doctoral studentsHenry Cohn
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