What is Daniel Biss?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Biss | image = Daniel Biss 2012.jpg | office = Mayor of [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]] | term_start = May 10, 2021<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fulton |first1=Jacob |title=Daniel Biss to become Evanston's next mayor |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/02/23/city/daniel-biss-to-become-evanstons-next-mayor/ |website=The Daily Northwestern |access-date=24 February 2021 |date=23 February 2021}}</ref> | term_end = | predecessor = [[Steve Hagerty]] | successor = | state_senate1 = Illinois | district1 = 9th | term_start1 = January 8, 2013 | term_end1 = January 6, 2019 | predecessor1 = [[Jeffrey Schoenberg]] | successor1 = [[Laura Fine]] | state_house2 = Illinois | district2 = 17th | term_start2 = May 2011 | term_end2 = January 8, 2013 | predecessor2 = [[Elizabeth Coulson]] | successor2 = [[Laura Fine]] | birth_name = Daniel Kálmán Biss | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|27}} | birth_place = [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Karin Steinbrueck | children = 2 | education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) <br> [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) | profession = [[Mathematician]] | website = {{url|danielbiss.com|Official website}} {{Infobox scientist | embed = yes | fields = [[Algebraic topology]] | workplaces = [[University of Chicago]] | thesis_title = The Homotopy Type of the Matroid Grassmannian | thesis_url = https://annals.math.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/annals-v158-n3-p04.pdf | thesis_year = 2002 | doctoral_advisor = [[Michael J. Ho