Henri Darmon

Henri Rene Darmon (born 22 October 1965) is a French-Canadian mathematician. He is a number theorist who works on Hilbert's 12th problem^[1] and its relation with the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. He is currently a professor of mathematics at McGill University.

Henri Darmon
Born	(1965-10-22) 22 October 1965 (age 59) Paris, France
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Harvard University McGill University
Awards	Coxeter–James Prize (1998) Ribenboim Prize (2002) Cole Prize in Number Theory (2017) CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	McGill University
Doctoral advisor	Benedict Gross
Doctoral students	Samit Dasgupta

Career

Darmon received his BSc from McGill University in 1987 and his PhD from Harvard University in 1991^[1] under supervision of Benedict Gross.^[2] From 1991 to 1996, he held positions in Princeton University.^[3] Since 1994, he has been a professor at McGill University.^[3]

Awards

Darmon was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2003.^[1] In 2008, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's John L. Synge Award.^[4] He received the 2017 AMS Cole Prize in Number Theory "for his contributions to the arithmetic of elliptic curves and modular forms",^[5] and the 2017 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize,^[6] which is awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, in the 2025 class of fellows.^[7]

Personal life

Darmon is married to Galia Dafni, also a mathematician at Concordia University.^[8]