Henry B. Laufer is Vice President of Research at Renaissance Technologies.
Laufer received his PhD from Princeton University in 1965, studying with Robert Gunning. He joined the mathematics department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1971. His research focused on complex variables and algebraic topology. He left Stony Brook in 1992 to join Renaissance Technologies.[1]
He and Marsha Laufer enabled the foundation of the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology at Stony Brook University with a donation in 2008.[2][3]
Selected bibliography [link]
- Laufer, Henry B. (1971), Normal two-dimensional singularities, Annals of Mathematics Studies, 71, Princeton University Press
- Laufer, Henry B. (1977), "On minimally elliptic singularities", American Journal of Mathematics 99 (6): 1257–1295, ISSN 0002-9327
- Laufer, Henry B. (1972), "On rational singularities", American Journal of Mathematics 94: 597–608, ISSN 0002-9327
References [link]
- ^ "Former Stony Brook University Faculty Members Drs. Henry and Marsha Laufer Announce $10 Million Gift To Capital Campaign". commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu. https://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Husband_And_Wife_--_Former_Stony_Brook_University_Faculty_Members_--_Announce_10_Million_Gift_To_Capital_Campaign.shtml. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ happenings press release
- ^ Laufer Center webpage
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