Maryna Viazovska becomes second woman to win Fields Medal for Mathematics

Ukrainian mathematician, Maryna Viazovska has been named as one of four recipients of the 2022 Fields Medal for mathematics. She is the second woman to win the Fields Medal after Maryam Mirzakhani (Iranian), who received the prize in 2014.

Other winners: Frenchman Hugo Duminil-Copin, Korean-American June Huh, Britisher James Maynard

The Fields Medal is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

Award: citation and a cash prize of 15,000 Canadian dollars.