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Melanie Matchett Wood is the William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. She completed her PhD at Princeton University in 2009 under the supervision of Manjul Bhargava. Wood's research interests are in number theory and include a focus on arithmetic algebraic geometry, topology, and probability. Her work often addresses fundamental questions involving the distribution of number fields and related structures, such as class groups and Galois groups of maximal unramified extensions. She is also involved in studying the counting aspects of number fields and the average number of unramified G-extensions. With a strong foundation in probability theory, she develops tools to explore the properties of randomly arising groups and various mathematical structures. Melanie has held faculty positions at Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining Harvard in 2020. She has received several prestigious awards, including the Packard Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Waterman Award.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Current faculty member focusing on number theory and related fields.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Faculty position engaging in research and teaching number theory.
University of Wisconsin-Madison • Madison, WI
Worked on number theory and mathematics education.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Engaged in research and teaching in mathematics.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).