Ngô Bảo Châu is a Vietnamese mathematician who was born in 1972 in Hanoi, Vietnam. He won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad in high school with a perfect score. He received his PhD from University Paris-Sud in 1997. Ngô is currently a professor at the University of Chicago and is known for his proof of the fundamental lemma, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2010. He has also received several other prestigious awards for his contributions to mathematics.

1. NGÔ B O CHÂUẢ
June 28 1972 in Hanoi, Vietnam

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Biography
●Participated in the 29th and 30th International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and won with a perfect
score (42/42)
●1997: obtained PhD at University Paris-Sud
●1998-2005: member of National Centre for Scientific
Research at Paris 13 University
●2005: professor at Paris-Sud 11 University
●2005: received the title of professor in Vietnam.

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● Professor of Mathematic
● Department of
Mathematics, University of
Chicago
● Director of Vietnam
Institute for Advanced
Study
● Known for: Proof of the
fundamental lemma
General Information

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Awards
● Fields Medal (2010)
● Legion of Honour (2012)

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● Clay Research Award (2004)
Awards
● Oberwolfach Prize (2007)
● Sophie Germain Prize (2007)

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References
● Personal's Pages:
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~ngo/nbc-homepage.html
● Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_B%E1%BA%A3o_Ch%
C3%A2u
● Fields Metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal
● Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberwolfach_Prize
● Clay Research Award
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Research_Award
● Legion of Honour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour