Jacob Tsimerman is a brilliant young mathematician who, despite his tender age, is widely and increasingly recognized for his outstanding contributions to number theory and arithmetic geometry. His undeniable mathematical potential was demonstrated by having received twice a gold medal at the International Mathematics Olympiad in 2003 and in 2004 with a perfect score. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 2011 under the supervision of Peter Sarnak and he is currently a Full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.

Among Tsimerman's most significant achievements are the proof of the Ax–Lindemann theorem for moduli spaces, developed in collaboration with Jonathan Pila, and his joint work with Benjamin Bakker on the geometric torsion conjecture for abelian varieties with real multiplication. He is particularly celebrated for his central role in the resolution of the André–Oort conjecture, a longstanding open problem and a major milestone at the intersection of arithmetic geometry and model theory.

Tsimerman's exceptional work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2015), the Ribenboim Prize (2016), the Coxeter-James Prize (2019), the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2022), the ICBS Frontiers of Science Award (2023), the Ostrowski Prize (2023) and the John L. Synge Award (2024). In 2025, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, reflecting his significant impact on the mathematical community.

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