
Dr. Jonathan Mboyo Esole is a Congolese mathematician working on the geometry of string theory. He solved several important problems in mathematical physics. His work is supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Mboyo was trained at ULB, Cambridge, Leiden University, Stanford, and Harvard. He won several awards and prestigious positions: the best thesis in the sciences (ULB), Wiener-Anspach Grant to Cambridge University, Ford Fellowship, Marie-Curie Fellowship. Since September 2016, he joined the Math Department of Northeastern University after being a Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor at Harvard University for three years working with Field Medalist Shing-Tung Yau.
Session 1: NEF Fellows Spotlight Session
Session 2: Current Conversations in Physics
Date: 28 March 2018
Time: 11:45-12:45