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Robert Bryant

Robert Bryant

Phillip Griffiths Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
bryant@math.duke.edu
Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708-0320
120 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors

AAAS Fellow

National American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2021 Distinguished contributions to differential geometry and their applications to physics, and for extraordinary service to the mathematics profession. More about this award

Distinguished Alumnus

University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · October 12, 2018 Citation: Robert L. Bryant is the Phillip Griffiths Professor of Mathematics at Duke University. Previously he served on the faculties of Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley. He was formerly the director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley and is a past president of the American Mathematical Society. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Bryant’s research in differential geometry has had applications in the study of minimal surfaces, the calculus of variations, and, especially, the geometry of spaces with exceptional holonomy, an area of mathematics that, in recent years, has become important in constructing models of theoretical high-energy particle physics. Bryant earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from North Carolina State University. While a graduate student at Carolina, he was a founding member and, later, organizer of Triangle Area Gay Scientists. More about this award

Fellow

National American Mathematical Society · 2013

Member

National National Academy of Science · 2007 Primary Section: 11, Mathematics More about this award

Fellow

National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2002 Area: Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Specialty: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics More about this award

In the News

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Published January 26, 2022
Five Duke Faculty Named AAAS Fellows for 2021
Published June 1, 2019
The Origins of Spectra, an Organization for LGBT Mathematicians
Published October 1, 2018
Interview with NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences Director Juan Meza
Published June 1, 2016
AMS President Robert Bryant: His Early Life and His Views on Mathematics
Published March 1, 2015
Presidential Views: Interview with Robert L. Bryant