Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی‎‎‎; 3 May 1977 – 15 July 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani became both the first woman and the first Iranian honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics. The award committee cited her work in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces". == Early life and education == Mirzakhani was born on 3 May 1977 in...