Phillip Griffiths(1938)

Mathematics

Phillip Augustus Griffiths IV is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry. He is a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory, which forms part of transcendental algebraic geometry and which also touches upon major and distant areas of differential geometry. He also worked on partial differential equations, coauthored with Shiing-Shen Chern, Robert Bryant and Robert Gardner on Exterior Differential Systems.

United StatesUniversity of Miami
4
Major Awards
257
Publications
15,111
Citations
46
h-index
85
i10-index
58.8
Avg Citations/Paper

Career History

Professor Emeritus

Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, US

2009 — Present

Fellow

Carnegie Corporation of New York

New York, US

2007 — Present

Senior Advisor

Andrew W Mellon Foundation

New York, US

2001 — Present

Faculty

Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, US

2004 — 2009

Director

Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, US

1991 — 2003

Provost and James B Duke Professor

Duke University

Durham, US

1983 — 1991

Professor

Harvard University

Cambridge, US

1972 — 1983

Miller Fellow

University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, US

1975 — 1976

Professor

Princeton University

Princeton, US

1968 — 1972

Member

Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, US

1968 — 1970

Visiting Professor

Princeton University

Princeton, US

1967 — 1968

Faculty

University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, US

1964 — 1967

Miller Fellow

University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, US

1962 — 1964

Education

Princeton University

Ph.D.

Mathematics

1962

Wake Forest University

B.S.

1959

Education

Princeton University
Woodward Academy

Doctoral Advisors

Joe HarrisWilfried SchmidRon DonagiMark GreenAndrew SommeseDavid R. MorrisonHoward GarlandHerbert ClemensRobert FriedmanLoring W. TuWing-Sum CheungWilliam Woodbury SymesMaurice Alan LandmanYung-Chen LuJames A. CarlsonTing Fai NgDeane YangJames R. KingWilliam Henry SmokeGerald Leonard GordonThomas Frederick JamboisJeffrey Alan ViaclovskyDaniel Andrew GrossmanRenato Enrico MirolloEmma Elizabeth CarberryMatthew D. KerrEric Jules BergerKo HondaSunita VatukCarlos Gomez-Mont AvalosDonald C. Spencer

Career Timeline

University of Miami?–present
University of California, Berkeley1962–1964
University of California, Berkeley1964–1967
Princeton University1967–1968
Institute for Advanced Study1968–1970
Princeton University1968–1972
Harvard University1972–1983
University of California, Berkeley1975–1976
Duke University1983–1991
Institute for Advanced Study1991–2003
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation2001–present
Institute for Advanced Study2004–2009
Carnegie Corporation of New York2007–present

Positions & Roles

professor emeritus

Academy Memberships

National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Data Sources

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