Richard Schoen(1950)
MathematicsRichard Melvin Schoen is an American mathematician known for his work in differential geometry and geometric analysis. He is best known for the resolution of the Yamabe problem in 1984 and his works on harmonic maps.
United StatesUniversity of California, Irvine
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Major Awards
144
Publications
16,669
Citations
51
h-index
81
i10-index
115.8
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
CF
Charles Fefferman
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2017)
KU
Karen Uhlenbeck
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
JG
James Gunn
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
RC
Robert C. Merton
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
BJ
Béla Julesz
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
WH
William H. Durham
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
AW
Adrian Wilson
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
AK
A. K. Ramanujan
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
WK
William Kennedy
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
CS
Charles S. Peskin
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
JH
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
RF
Randall Forsberg
MacArthur Fellowship (1983)
Education
Stanford University
University of Dayton
Doctoral Advisors
Shing-Tung YauLeon SimonWilliam Minicozzi IIAilana FraserJosé F. EscobarHubert BrayAndré NevesMichael EichmairChikako MeseDaniel PollackAlessandro CarlottoMartin Man-Chun LiMario Joseph MicallefWilliam Charles JagyGuojun LiaoJaigyoung ChoeNathan SmaleNikolaos KapouleasRobert Barnard KusnerTom Yau-Heng WanYng-Ing LeeSumio YamadaYing ShenDong ZhangFernando Armin SchwartzJustin CorvinoAdrian Adam Thomas ButscherJingyi ChenDan Archibald LeeXiaodong WangPengzi MiaoYu YanXiaofeng SunMichel GruenebergWeiyang QiuChad Lawrence GroftZachary CohnLan-Hsuan HuangFrederick Tsz-Ho FongXin ZhouChristos MantoulidisCasey Lynn KelleherJesse MadnickDa Rong ChengAlexander Mramor
Career Timeline
University of California, Berkeley?–present
Stanford University?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
Stability and largeness properties of minimal surfaces in higher codimension
Journal of the European Mathematical Society20250 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)

Andrew Wiles
Copley Medal (2017)

Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)

Luis Caffarelli
Abel Prize (2023)
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Ingrid Daubechies
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2023)
SK
Subhash Khot
MacArthur Fellowship (2016)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
MacArthur Fellowship (2015)

Phillip Griffiths
Chern Medal (2014)

Yitang Zhang
Schock Prize in Mathematics (2014)
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