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Maryam Mirzakhani: Why she kicks ass

• She is a mathematician.
• Professor of Mathematics (since September 1, 2008) at Stanford University.
• Her areas of research interest include: Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
• She is an alumnus of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) Tehran, Iran (Farzanegan highschool).
• She found international recognition as a brilliant teenager after receiving gold medals in both the International Mathematical Olympiad (Hong Kong 1994) in which she scored 41 out of 42 points, ranking her 23rd jointly with five other participants, and in the International Mathematical Olympiad (Canada 1995) with a perfect score of 42 out of 42 points, ranking her 1st jointly with 14 other participants.
• She obtained her BSc in Mathematics (1999) from the Sharif University of Technology.
• She holds a PhD from Harvard University (2004).
• She was a Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow and a professor at Princeton University.
• Some of her awards and honours include: IPM Fellowship The Institute for theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, Iran, 1995-1999; Merit fellowship Harvard University, 2003 and Harvard Junior Fellowship Harvard University, 2003.

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