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5. maryam mirzakhani
- 2. Born: May 3, 1977 in Tehran, Iran; Died: July 14, 2017 in California, USA Although she was born in Iran during the war between Iraq and Iran, she graduated from elementary school and passed the exam for Farzanegan High School for Girls in Tehran. This school was led by the Iranian national organization for the development of exceptional talents, aimed at educating the brightest students.
- 3. Both Maryam Mirzakhani and her friend Roy Beheshti comprised the Iranian Mathematical Olympic Team in 1994. The international competition was held that year in Hong Kong, and Mirzakhani scored 41 of 42 points, and won a gold medal. Beheshti won a silver medal. In 1995, Mirzakhani was again a member of the Iranian Mathematical Olympic Team. This time the international competition was held in Toronto, Canada, and Mirzakhani scored 42 out of 42 points and was rewarded with a gold medal. In 1995 Mirzakhani started a mathematics study at the Sharif University of Technology funded by the IPM community. She graduated from the Sharif Technical University in 1999 with B.S. (Best Student) After graduating from the Sharif University, Mirzakhani went to the United States where she attended a graduate school at the University of Harvard. She got her doctorate in 2004
- 4. She was named as a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. In 2014 Mirzakhani became the first woman to receive the Fields medal. Medal was given by the International Mathematical Community on August 13, 2014. Even before she got the Fields 2014 medal, Mirzakhani was diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer spread to the liver and bones, and she died at a hospital in California in July 2017. President of Stanford Marc said after her death: Maryam went too early, but her influence will live for thousands of women who inspired her to pursue mathematics and science. Her contribution both as a scholar and as a role model is significant and she will be missed here in Stanford and around the world.