Robert MacPherson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College Harvard University |
Known for | Intersection homology |
Awards | NAS Award in Mathematics (1992) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2002) Heinz Hopf Prize (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brown University Princeton University |
Doctoral advisor | Raoul Bott |
Doctoral students | Mark Goresky David Nadler Julianna Tymoczko Kari Vilonen Zhiwei Yun |
Robert Duncan MacPherson (born May 25, 1944) is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study.