AKA Terence Chi-Shen Tao

Born: 17-Jul-1975
Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Mathematician

Nationality: Australia
Executive summary: Prolific math prodigy

Father: Billy Tao
Mother: Grace
Brother: Trevor
Brother: Nigel
Wife: Laura (NASA JPL engineer, one son)

    University: Flinders University
    University: PhD Mathematics, Princeton University (1996)
    Professor: University of California at Los Angeles (1999-)

    National Academy of Sciences Foreign Affiliate (2008)
    Royal Society Fellow (18-May-2007)
    Fulbright (1992)
    Fields Medal (Aug-2006)
    MacArthur Fellowship (Sep-2006)
    Chinese Ancestry

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