Jeff Cheeger
Mathematician
Jeff Cheeger is a mathematician and Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. His main interest is differential geometry and its connections with topology and analysis. Wikipedia
Born: 1943 (age 80 years), Brooklyn, New York, NY
Notable students: Christina Sormani, Xian-Zhe Dai, Aparna Dar, and more
Academic advisors: Salomon Bochner and Jim Simons