Richard Kenyon

Richard W. Kenyon
Kenyon in 1994
Born	(1964-02-27) February 27, 1964
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rice University Princeton University
Awards	Loève Prize (2007), Rollo Davidson Prize (2001)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Yale University
Doctoral advisor	William Thurston

Richard W. Kenyon (born 1964) is an American mathematician known for his contributions in combinatorics and probability theory. He is the Erastus L. DeForest Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.

Kenyon graduated from Rice University and then earned his PhD under supervision of William Thurston at Princeton University. He won the Rollo Davidson Prize in 2001 and the Loève Prize in 2007. In 2014 Kenyon was chosen as a Simons Investigator and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2018, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro.

Life at Yale

As of November 2024, Kenyon has taught several undergraduate math classes including Complex Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Modern Combinatorics, and Senior Seminar. He has taught graduate classes like Algebraic Topology and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) in the mathematics department.

External links

• Website at Yale University
• "Dimers and integrability - Richard Kenyon". YouTube. Institute for Advanced Study. August 12, 2016.
• "Limit shapes and their analytic parameterizations – Richard Kenyon – ICM2018". YouTube. Rio ICM2018. October 17, 2018.
• "Richard Kenyon: "On the 5-Vertex Model"". YouTube. Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM). July 27, 2020.