14 Facts About Ken Ribet

Kenneth Alan Ribet is an American mathematician working in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry.

Ken Ribet is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kenneth Ribet was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents David Ribet and Pearl Ribet, both Jewish, on June 28,1948.

Ken Ribet earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree from Brown University in 1969.

In 1978, Ken Ribet joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served three separate terms as supervisor of the department's graduate program, supervisor of the department's undergraduate program, and supervisor of the department's development.

Ken Ribet has served as an editor for several mathematics journals, a book series editor for the Cambridge University Press, and a book series editor for Springer.

Ken Ribet served on the United States National Committee for Mathematics, representing the United States at the International Mathematical Union, and was the Chair of the Mathematics section of the National Academy of Sciences.

From February 1,2017 to January 31,2019, Ken Ribet was President of the American Mathematical Society.

Ken Ribet is credited with paving the way towards Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Ken Ribet received the Fermat Prize in 1989 jointly with Abbas Bahri.

Ken Ribet was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2000.

For 2025 Ribet was awarded the AMS Leroy P Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research.

In 1988, Ken Ribet was inducted as a vigneron d'honneur by the Jurade de Saint-Emilion.

In 1998, Ken Ribet received an honorary doctorate from Brown University.