Publication: Simons Foundation — Page 21

Remembering the Life and Contributions of Fields Medalist Maryam Mirzakhani

Simons Foundation, July 2017

Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician and the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal, died on July 14 after a years-long battle with breast cancer. She was 40 years old.

New Collaboration on Theory of Microbial Ecosystems Launched

Simons Foundation, May 2017

The Simons Foundation has established a new collaboration investigating the mysteries of nature’s smallest communities. Called the Simons Collaboration on Theory of Microbial Ecosystems, or THE-ME, it is an at least five-year undertaking that will investigate how microbial ecosystems in the oceans form and function.