James Maynard

James Maynard is a Professor of Number Theory at the University of Oxford, holding a Title IV Professorship equivalent to a UK chair or US full professor. He has held prestigious positions including Membership at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, 2017), Research Membership at MSRI (Berkeley, 2017), and a Clay Research Fellowship (2015-2018). His research focuses on analytic number theory, particularly prime numbers and sieve methods, with groundbreaking work on prime gaps and Diophantine approximation.

• EDUCATION
  • DPhil in Mathematics (2009-2013), Balliol College, Oxford
  • Part III Mathematics (2008-2009), Queens’ College, Cambridge
  • BA Mathematics (2005-2008), Queens’ College, Cambridge

Maynard’s research explores the structure of prime numbers, including prime distribution, digital properties of primes, and norm form representations. His work has revolutionized understanding of bounded prime gaps and extremal prime spacing using advanced sieve techniques and probabilistic methods.

Maynard’s publications (15 most recent) span analytic number theory, prime distribution, and Diophantine approximation. Key subfields include Bounded Gaps Between Primes, Digital Restrictions in Primes, Probabilistic Methods in Number Theory, and Algorithmic Sieve Optimization.

Scientific Awards

• Fields Medal (2022)
• Cole Prize in Number Theory (2020)
• ERC Starting Grant (€1.5m, 2020-2025)
• Compositio Prize (2019)
• Wolfson Merit Award (2017)
• EMS Prize (2016)
• Erdős $10,000 Problem Prize (2016)
• Clay Research Fellowship (2015-2018)
• Whitehead Prize (2015)
• Ramanujan Prize (2014)

Maynard has advised no explicitly named students but collaborates extensively in number theory. His grants include the ERC Starting Grant (2020-2025) and Wolfson Merit Award (2018-2023). He has contributed to collaborative projects like the Polymath group and served as a Summer Consultant at GCHQ/Heilbronn Institute (2008-2012).