page_title: Maryam Mirzakhani
hierarchical_section_title: Maryam Mirzakhani
caption_attribution_description: English: Maryam Mirzakhani at the Seoul convention of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)
context_page_description: Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician.
  She worked at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
  On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani became both the first woman and the first Iranian honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
context_section_description: Maryam Mirzakhani (May 3, 1977 – July 14, 2017) was an Iranian mathematician.
  She worked at Stanford University. Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
  On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani became both the first woman and the first Iranian honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
caption: Mirzakhani in August 2014
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