William Timothy Gowers

Sir William Timothy Gowers is a British mathematician currently serving as the Royal Society Research Professor and Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He has held visiting positions at Princeton University and has been a Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Research Interests:

• Additive combinatorics
• Geometry of Banach spaces
• Ramsey theory
• Mathematical analysis
• Combinatorics

Scientific Awards:

• European Mathematical Society Prize (1996)
• Fields Medal (1998)
• Fellow of the Royal Society (1999)
• Member of the American Philosophical Society (2010)
• Knighthood (2012) for services to mathematics
• Honorary DSc, University of St Andrews (2013)

Gowers is also known for his contributions to mathematical outreach through his blog and publications including The Princeton Companion to Mathematics (2008) and Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (2002).