Ieke Moerdijk | |
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Born |
Veenendaal |
January 23, 1958
Nationality | Dutch |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Utrecht University |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
Doctoral advisor | Anne Sjerp Troelstra |
Doctoral students | Marius Crainic Janez Mrcun Dorothea Pronk |
Notable awards | Spinoza Prize, 2012 |
Izak (Ieke) Moerdijk (Dutch: [ˈikə ˈmurdɛik]; born 23 January 1958) is a Dutch mathematician who in 2012 won the prestigious Spinoza prize.
Moerdijk obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1985. From 1988 to 2011 he was professor at Utrecht University. After working at the Mathematisch Instituut of the Radboud University Nijmegen for a few years, he returned to Utrecht University in 2016. He is the author of several influential books.
Since 2006 Moerdijk is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.