Spencer Bloch

Spencer Janney Bloch (born May 22, 1944; New York City) is an American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and algebraic K-theory. Bloch is a R. M. Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Chicago. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Mathematical Society. At the International Congress of Mathematicians, he gave an invited lecture in 1978 and a plenary lecture in 1990. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1981–82. He received a Humboldt Prize in 1996. He also received a 2021 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

Spencer Bloch
Bloch at Oberwolfach in 2004
Born (1944-05-22) May 22, 1944
New York City
Alma materHarvard College
Columbia University
Known forBloch–Kato conjectures
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Doctoral advisorSteven Kleiman
Doctoral students
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