BIO
Nigel Hitchin is Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. His main areas of research are differential and algebraic geometry and its links to theoretical physics. Amongst his notable discoveries is the Hitchin integrable system. He has also engaged in a formal collaboration with the Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Physics group at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT) in Madrid through the Hitchin-Ngô Laboratory. His numerous honors include the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, the Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society, and the Senior Berwick Prize and Pólya Prize of the London Mathematical Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a former Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
