Iwaniec studied at the University of Warsaw, where he got his PhD in 1972 under Andrzej Schinzel.
Iwaniec menuntut ilmu di Universitas Warsawa, tempat ia memperoleh gelar Ph.D. pada 1972 di bawah bimbingan Andrzej Schinzel.
He then held positions at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences until 1983 when he left Poland.
Ia kemudian menduduki jabatan di Institut Matematika Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Polandia hingga 1983 ketika ia meninggalkan Polandia.
He held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Michigan, and University of Colorado Boulder before being appointed Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University.
Ia memegang posisi kunjungan di Institut Penelitian Lanjutan, Universitas Michigan, dan Universitas Colorado Boulder sebelum ditunjuk sebagai Profesor Matematika di Universitas Rutgers.
He is a citizen of both Poland and the United States.
Ia memiliki kewarganegaraan Polandia dan Amerika Serikat.
He and mathematician Tadeusz Iwaniec are twin brothers.
Ia dan Tadeusz Iwaniec, seorang matematikawan, merupakan saudara kembar.
Iwaniec studies both sieve methods and deep complex-analytic techniques, with an emphasis on the theory of automorphic forms and harmonic analysis.
Iwaniec mempelajari metode tapis dan teknik analitik-kompleks mendalam, dengan menitikberatkan pada teori bentuk automorfik dan analisis harmonik.
In 1997, Iwaniec and John Friedlander proved that there are infinitely many prime numbers of the form a2 + b4.
Pada 1997, Iwaniec dan John Friedlander membuktikan terdapat tak hingga banyaknya bilangan prima berbentuk a2 + b4.
In 2001, Iwaniec was awarded the seventh Ostrowski Prize.
Pada 2001, Iwaniec dianugerahi Penghargaan Ostrowski ketujuh.
He was awarded the fourteenth Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory in 2002.
Ia dianugerahi Penghargaan Frank Nelson Cole dalam Teori Bilangan ke-14 pada 2002.
In 2006, he became a member of the National Academy of Science.
Pada 2006, ia menjadi anggota Akademi Sains Nasional Amerika Serikat.
He received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition in 2011.
Ia menerima Penghargaan Leroy P. Steele untuk Penjelasan Matematis pada 2011.
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Pada 2012, ia menjadi anggota Perhimpunan Matematika Amerika Serikat.
In 2015 he was awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematics.
Pada 2015, ia dianugerahi Penghargaan Shaw dalam Matematika.
In 2017, he was awarded the AMS Doob Prize (jointly with John Friedlander) for their book Opera de Cribro, which is about sieve theory.
Pada 2017, ia dianugerahi Penghargaan AMS Doob (bersama dengan John Friedlander) atas buku mereka berhudul Opera de Cribro mengenai teori tapis.
Providence: American Mathematical Society.
Providence: Perhimpunan Matematika Amerika Serikat.
Spectral Methods of Automorphic Forms (2nd ed.).
Spectral Methods of Automorphic Forms (Edisi 2nd).
ISBN 978-0-8218-4970-5. Iwaniec, Henryk (2014).
ISBN 978-0-8218-0777-4. Iwaniec, Henryk (2002).
Science. 279 (5347): 31. Bibcode:1998Sci...279...31C. doi:10.1126/science.279.5347.31.
Science. 279 (5347): 31. Bibcode:1998Sci...279...31C. doi:10.1126/science.279.5347.31..
Henryk Iwaniec at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Henryk Iwaniec's results at International Mathematical Olympiad
Henryk Iwaniec di Mathematics Genealogy Project Hasil Henryk Iwaniec di Olimpiade Matematika Internasional