Maryna Viazovska At Oberwolfach, 2013 Born 1984 (age 32–33) Residence Switzerland Citizenship Ukrainian Fields Mathematics Institutions Berlin Mathematical School Humboldt University of Berlin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Alma mater Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv University of Bonn Thesis Modular Functions and Special Cycles (2013) Doctoral advisor Don Zagier Known for Sphere-packing problem Notable awards Salem Prize (2016) Clay Research Award (2017) Website www.math.hu-berlin.de/~viazovsm/