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Terence Tao was only 20 years old when he earned
his Ph.D. from Princeton University ('96) and joined UCLA's faculty.
He became a full professor at age 24.
In 2000, when he was teaching freshman calculus as
well as graduate courses, he was awarded two national fellowships,
from the Packard Foundation and the Clay Mathematics Institute.
On August 22, 2006, he was awarded the prestigious
Fields Medal in Mathematics. Less than a month later, on September
19, he was announced as a MacArthur Grant recipient.
A math prodigy from Adelaide, Australia, Tao started
learning calculus as a 7-year-old high school student. By 9, he
had progressed to university-level calculus; by 11, he was already
burnishing his reputation at international math competitions.
[Photo by Reed Hutchinson]
 Terence
Tao 's faculty web page
Terence
Tao's Fields Medal page
(UCLA)
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