Ngô Bảo Châu, Ph.D.
University of Chicago![Portrait photo of Ngô Bảo Châu](https://simonsfoundation.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/12031433/Ngo-125px.jpg?auto=format&w=120&h=120&fit=crop&crop=faces&q=90)
Ngô’s proof of the fundamental lemma, a deep conjecture of Langlands, inaugurated a new geometric approach to problems in harmonic analysis based on arithmetic geometry. His ideas have already inspired work in many areas, including mathematical physics and geometric representation theory.