In memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, a phenomenal mathematician and an icon for women in science | Society - Tehran Times

Her husband, Jan Vondrák, a Czech computer scientist at Stanford, has written in memoriam for the first time in three years after her death.
 

In memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, a phenomenal mathematician and an icon for women in science

“Maryam Mirzakhani was much more for me than her public persona—a phenomenal mathematician, an icon for women in science, and a source of pride for her country. It is still hard to come to terms with what happened and to write about her in a way that reconciles my personal memories with the image she acquired on the world stage.

Maryam often said that it is hard to appreciate when everything goes well. Happiness and success depend on many moving pieces falling into place, a lot of effort and a bit of luck, and you can tell yourself many times that you should be grateful, yet it is a natural feeling that things must have happened this way and will remain like this—until life tells you otherwise.

Maryam was the first woman in history to receive the Fields Medal in 2014..

She gained her bachelor’s degree at Sharif University in Tehran, and in 1999 she moved to Harvard, where she earned her Ph.D. and was a leading scholar on the dynamics and geometry of complex surfaces. In 2014, she became the first female winner of the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
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Source: Tehran Times