Patrick Brosnan

Patrick Brosnan is an American mathematician, known for his work on motives, Hodge theory, and algebraic groups. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998 under the direction of Spencer Bloch. Brosnan is the 2009 recipient of the Coxeter–James Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society.^[1]

Patrick Brosnan
Born	1968 Philadelphia
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Princeton University University of Chicago
Awards	Coxeter–James Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Maryland University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisor	Spencer Bloch

In 2003, Brosnan (in joint work with Prakash Belkale) disproved the Spanning Tree Conjecture of Maxim Kontsevich.^[2]