James A. Maynard
James Alexander Maynard FRS (born 10 June 1987) is an English mathematician working in analytic number theory and in particular the theory of prime numbers.[1] In 2017, he was appointed Research Professor at Oxford.[2] Maynard is a fellow[3] of St John's College, Oxford. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022[4] and the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize in 2023.
James Maynard
Work on prime gaps
- SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2014)
- Whitehead Prize (2015)
- EMS Prize (2016)
- Cole Prize (2020)
- Fields Medal (2022)
- New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2023)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2023)
Education[edit]
Maynard attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford in Chelmsford, England. After completing his bachelor's and master's degrees at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 2009, Maynard obtained his D.Phil. from Balliol College, Oxford, in 2013 under the supervision of Roger Heath-Brown.[5][1] He then became a Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College, Oxford.[6]