Education: A.B., Harvard University, June, 1974, summa cum laude in
mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa.
M.S., in mathematics, Brandeis University, June, 1975.
Ph.D. in mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
June 1978. Sigma Xi. Thesis Advisor: Michael Artin
M.A., honorary, University of Pennsylvania, May, 1984.
Awards: AMS Postdoctoral Fellow, 1978-79.
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1982-83.
Sloan Fellowship, 1984-87.
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra, 1995.
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1995.
Position: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Mathematics,
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in SAS.
Selected talks: International Symposium on the Inverse Galois Problem,
Oxford University, April 1990.
University of Paris at Orsay, Algebra Seminar, June 1993.
University of Heidelberg (Germany), Colloquium and
algebra seminar talks, June 1993.
Max Planck Institute (Bonn), Arbeitstagung, June 1993.
International Congress of Mathematicians (Zurich),
Algebraic Geometry Section, August 1994.
International Workshop on Galois Theory, University of
Heidelberg (Germany), June 1995.
International Workshop on Galois Theory, University of
Lille (France), June 1996.
Ohio State University, Mathematical Conference on the 90th
Birthday of Arnold Ross, August 1996.
University of Tennessee (Chattanooga), AMS Meeting,
Invited Hour Address, October 1996.
University of Florida (Gainesville), Galois Theory
Conference, Invited Address, October 1996.
Oberwolfach, meeting on Arithmetic Fundamental Groups,
June 1997.
Max Planck Institute (Bonn), Arbeitstagung, June 1997.
University of Washington (Seattle), AMS Conference on
Curves over Finite Fields, July 1997.
Oberwolfach, meeting on Field Arithmetic, July 1998.
Conference on Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry, ICM '98
Satellite, University of Essen (Germany), August 1998.
University of Florida (Gainesville), AMS meeting,
Special Session on Galois Theory, March 1999.
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley),
AMS von Neumann Symposium, August 1999.
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Workshop on
constructive Galois theory, October 1999.
Purdue University, Conference in honor of S.S. Abhyankar's
70th birthday, July 2000.
University of Missouri, hour address at Algebra Weekend
Conference, April 2001.
Luminy, Workshop on arithmetic fundamental groups, June
2001.
University of Paris, Conference in honor of M.Raynaud,
June 2001.
Princeton University, algebraic geometry seminar, February
2002.
CUNY Graduate Center, arithmetic algebraic geometry
seminar, March 2002.
Oberwolfach, workshop on arithmetic and differential
Galois groups, July 2002.
University of Florida (Gainesville), Conference on
Galois theory, November 2002.
Brown University, colloquium, November 2002.
Banff Centre, meeting on arithmetic fundamental groups,
September 2003.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, AMS meeting,
Special session on Group actions on curves,
October 2003.
Luminy (France), Workshop on algebraic and differential
Galois theory, March 2004.
University of Leiden (Netherlands), Workshop on
automorphisms of curves, August 2004.
Mathematics Department Colloquium, Rice University,
November 2005.
Oberwolfach, workshop on the arithmetic of fields,
February 2006.
MSRI, program on Rational and Integral Points on Higher-
Dimensional Varieties, April 2006.
Temple University Mathematics Colloquium, September 2006.
RIMS, Kyoto University, workshop on arithmetic Galois
theory and related moduli spaces, October 2006.
University of California at Berkeley, algebraic geometry
seminar, December 2006.
Princeton University, algebraic geometry seminar, April
2007.
Oberwolfach, workshop on algebraic and differential
Galois theory, May 2007.
Tel Aviv University, Sackler Lecture series (two talks),
May 2007.
Research papers: Recent papers.
Earlier papers.
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