Nicholas Shepherd-Barron

Nick Shepherd-Barron
Born Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron
(1955-03-17) March 17, 1955
Gonzalia
Residence Cambridge, England
Institutions University of Cambridge, King's College London
Thesis Some Questions on Singularities in Two and Three Dimensions (1981)
Doctoral advisor Miles Reid[1]
Doctoral students Thomas Fisher
Gábor Megyesi
Helena Verrill
Jan Wierzba[1]
Website
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~nisb/

Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron (born 17 March 1955), is a British mathematician working in algebraic geometry. He is, since 2013, professor of mathematics at King's College London,[2] having moved there from his previous position at the University of Cambridge. Having been a Fellow for more than 20 years, Shepherd-Barron retains a life Fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][3]

Education

He was a scholar of Winchester College. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Warwick in 1981 under the supervision of Miles Reid.[1]

Career and research

He worked initially in the area of birational geometry and Mori theory. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He works on the classification of higher-dimensional varieties.

Personal life

He is the son of John Shepherd-Barron, a Scottish inventor.

References

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