Kenneth Ribet

Kenneth Ribet is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley and currently serves as President of the American Mathematical Society. His career spans over four decades at Berkeley, following academic positions at Princeton and Paris.

• Education: Brown University (undergraduate), Harvard University (PhD 1973, advisor: John Tate)

Ribet's research focuses on Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry, with groundbreaking contributions to modular forms and Galois representations. His most celebrated work established the logical connection between the Modularity Conjecture and Fermat's Last Theorem, enabling Andrew Wiles' eventual proof.

Honors and Awards:

• Fermat Prize (1989)
• Brouwer Medal (2017)
• Honorary PhD from Brown University (1998)
• Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
• Member, US National Academy of Sciences (2000)
• Departmental Distinguished Teaching Award (1985, 2013)

Ribet maintains active editorial roles in mathematical journals and has delivered numerous distinguished lectures on topics including Serre's Modularity Conjecture and Herbrand's Theorem. His office is located at 885 Evans Hall, UC Berkeley.