Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize Winners List (2021-2025)

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize
Mathematics 6 min read 18th Dec 2025
NameMaryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize
TypeMathematics Award
Award Foroutstanding women mathematicians Award
Award ByBreakthrough Prize Organization Award
First2021
First AwardeeNina Holden, Urmila Mahadev, Lisa Piccirillo
Last05 April 2025
Last AwardeeSi Ying Lee, Rajula Srivastava, Ewin Tang
StatusContinue
CountryInternational
Next Breakthrough Prize
PreviousWorld Food Prize

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize Overview

The Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is awarded to outstanding women mathematicians. The Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize of $50,000 is presented to women mathematicians who have completed their PhDs within the previous two years. Each year, up to three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize are awarded.

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize Winners List (2021-2025)

Images Year Winner Name Country Affiliation
2025 Ewin Tang United States University of California Berkeley
For developing classical analogs of quantum algorithms for machine learning and linear algebra, and for advances in quantum machine learning on quantum data.
2025 Rajula Srivastava India University of Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
For contributions in harmonic analysis and analytic number theory, including contributions to the problem of counting rational points near smooth manifolds.
2025 Si Ying Lee Singapore Stanford University
For contributions to the theory of Shimura varieties.
2024 Hannah Larson United States University of California Berkeley
For advances in Brill-Noether theory and the geometry of the moduli space of curves.
2024 Laura Monk France University of Bristol
For advancing our understanding of random hyperbolic surfaces of large genus.
2024 Mayuko Yamashita Japan Kyoto University
For contributions to mathematical physics, index theory.
2023 Jinyoung Park South Korea Stanford University
For contributions to the resolution of several major conjectures on thresholds and selector processes.
2023 Maggie Miller United States Stanford University, Clay Mathematics Institute
For work on fibered ribbon knots and surfaces in 4-dimensional manifolds.
2023 Vera Traub Germany University of Bonn
For advances in approximation results in classical combinatorial optimization problems, including the traveling salesman problem and network design.
2022 Hong Wang China University of California Berkeley
For advances on the restriction conjecture, the local smoothing conjecture, and related problems.
2022 Sarah Peluse United States Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study
For contributions to arithmetic combinatorics and analytic number theory, particularly with regards to polynomial patterns in dense sets.
2022 Yilin Wang China Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
For innovative and far-reaching work on the Loewner energy of planar curves.
2021 Lisa Piccirillo United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Texas at Austin
For resolving the classic problem that the Conway knot is not smoothly slice.
2021 Nina Holden Norway Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
For work in random geometry, particularly on Liouville Quantum Gravity as a scaling limit of random triangulations.
2021 Urmila Mahadev United States California Institute of Technology
For work that addresses the fundamental question of verifying the output of a quantum computation.

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize FAQs

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is a recognized award honoring excellence and achievements in Mathematics category, awarded to deserving individuals or organizations worldwide.

It is a Mathematics award category, recognizing outstanding contributions, performance, and excellence in Mathematics field or domain globally.

This award is given for outstanding women mathematicians, honoring individuals or groups who have demonstrated exceptional achievements and contributions in this area.

The Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is presented by Breakthrough Prize Organization, recognizing excellence and honoring individuals for their significant achievements and contributions.

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize was first awarded in 2021, marking the beginning of recognizing excellence and achievements in its respective category.

The most recent Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize was awarded in 05 April 2025, continuing its tradition of recognizing excellence and outstanding achievements globally.

Currently, the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is Continue, indicating whether the award is actively presented or has been discontinued officially.

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is awarded by International, recognizing achievements and honoring individuals or organizations associated with International country and its excellence.
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