Daniel Biss

Daniel Biss
Biss in 2018
22nd Mayor of Evanston, Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office May 10, 2021
Preceded by	Steve Hagerty
Member of the Illinois Senate from the 9th district
In office January 8, 2013 – January 6, 2019
Preceded by	Jeffrey Schoenberg
Succeeded by	Laura Fine
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 17th district
In office January 12, 2011 – January 8, 2013
Preceded by	Elizabeth Coulson
Succeeded by	Laura Fine
Personal details
Born	Daniel Kálmán Biss (1977-08-27) August 27, 1977 (age 46) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Karin Steinbrueck
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)
Profession	Mathematician
Signature
Website	Official website
Scientific career
Fields	Algebraic topology
Institutions	University of Chicago
Thesis	The Homotopy Type of the Matroid Grassmannian (2002)
Doctoral advisor	Michael Hopkins

Daniel Kálmán Biss^[1] (born August 27, 1977)^[2] is an American mathematician and politician serving as mayor of Evanston, Illinois. He previously served as a member of both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.

Prior to pursuing a political career, Biss was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago from 2002 to 2008.

A member of the Democratic Party, Biss began his political career by running unsuccessfully as his party's nominee for the 17th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives in 2008. Biss was successful in 2010 at his second attempt at running for the Illinois House of Representatives, representing its 17th district from 2011 to 2013. In 2012, Biss was elected to the Illinois Senate, and represented its 9th district from 2013 through 2019. Biss unsuccessfully ran as a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election. In 2021, he won the election for mayor of Evanston in the city's consolidated primary.