Akshay Venkatesh(1981)
MathematicsAkshay Venkatesh is an Australian mathematician and a professor at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His research interests are in the fields of counting, equidistribution problems in automorphic forms and number theory, in particular representation theory, locally symmetric spaces, ergodic theory, and algebraic topology.
AustraliaInstitute for Advanced Study
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Major Awards
72
Publications
1,380
Citations
22
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27
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19.2
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Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Princeton University
University of Western Australia
Scotch College, Perth
Doctoral Advisors
Pankaj VisheSimon Rubinstein-SalzedoMichael LipnowskiGeorge Johann SchaefferIurie BoreicoBrian LawrenceNiccolo RonchettiSeungki KimPeter Sarnak
Career Timeline
New York University?–present
Clay Mathematics Institute?–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
Institute for Advanced Study2005–2006
Stanford University2008–present
Academy Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Top Publications
Eisenstein cocycles in motivic cohomology
Compositio Mathematica20242 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)

Terence Tao
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)

Maryna Viazovska
Fields Medal (2022)

Jean Bourgain
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2017)
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Peter Sarnak
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2024)

James Maynard
Fields Medal (2022)

Manjul Bhargava
Fellow of the Royal Society (2019)

Elon Lindenstrauss
Fields Medal (2010)

Gerd Faltings
Abel Prize (2026)
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