Benedict H. Gross • Birthdate: June 22, 1950 South Orange, New Jersey Education: • B.A. Harvard University, 1971 • M.Sc. Oxford University, 1974 • Ph.D. Harvard University, 1978 Appointments: • Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 1978-82 • Maitre de Conferences, Universite de Paris VII, 1980 • Associate Professor, Brown University, 1982-85 • Professor, Harvard University, 1985-1998 • George Vasmer Leverett Professor, Harvard University, 1998-2017 • Dean for Undergraduate Education, Harvard University, 2002-03 • Dean of Harvard College, 2003-07 • Harvard College Professor, 2011 - 2016 Service: • AMS Committee on Postdoctoral Fellowships, 1978-82 • AMS Committee on Summer Research Conferences, 1981-84 • Selection Committee for Sloan Doctoral Fellowships, 1984-1988 • Editor: Compositio Mathematica, 1980-1991 • Editor: Annales de l’Institute Fourier, 1982-1988 • Editor: Annals of Mathematics, 1985-1990 • Editor: Journal of the AMS, 1994-2000 • Editor: Mathematical Research Letters, 2009-2013 • Editor: Arabian Journal of Mathematics, 2008• Scientific Advisory Committee, MSRI, 1999-2003 • Selection Committee for Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2003-08 • Advisory Board, Berlin Mathematical School, 2009• Advisory Board, Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, 2011• Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Study, 2012-2017 Honors: • PBK, 1971 • Sheldon Traveling Scholarship, 1971-72 • Marshall Scholarship, 1972-74 • Sloan Fellowship, 1980-83 • MacArthur Fellowship, 1986-1991 • Cole Prize in Number Theory, AMS, 1987 • Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992 • Member of National Academy of Sciences, 2004 Selected publications: • Arithmetic on elliptic curves with complex multiplication, Springer Lecture Notes 776 (1980). • On the periods of abelian integrals and a formula of Chowla and Selberg, Inventiones math. 48 (1978). • (with N. Koblitz) Gauss sums and the p-adic Gamma function, Annals of Math. 109 (1979). • (with D. Zagier) Singular moduli, J. Crelle 355 (1985). • (with D. Zagier) Heegner points and derivatives of L-series. Inventiones math 84(1986). • (with D. Prasad) The restriction of a representation of SO(n) to SO(n-1), Canadian math. J. 44 (1992). • (with M. Hopkins) Equivariant vector bundles on the Lubin-Tate moduli space, Cantemporary math. AMS 158 (1994). • (with W. Gan and D. Prasad) Sur les conjectures de Gross et Prasad, Asterisque 346 (2012). • (with M. Bhargava) The average size of the 2-Selmer group of the Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves with a Weierstrass point, TIFR Studies 22 (2013). Statement: It is a great honor to be nominated to serve on the executive committee of the IMU as a member-at-large. The program to promote international cooperation in mathematics is one of central importance to me. With all of the national conflicts today, mathematics serves as a universal language around which we can all unite. The breadth of exciting topics which will be discussed at the ICM in Seoul provides a clear demonstration of this. I have been impressed with the work of the CDC in furthering opportunities for students in developing countries. This is a particular strength of the IMU. If elected to the executive committee, I would look forward to working with these programs, to strengthen mathematics worldwide. As a member of the National Academy of Sciences, I would work to coordinate these efforts with existing American initiatives. Finally, the IMU is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). I would look forward to promoting our involvement in the initiatives of that organization. Mathematics permeates the world of science, and I look forward to promoting both the freedom and responsibilities of mathematics and science globally. Thank you. Benedict H Gross
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