Jeff Cheeger

Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger (left) with H. Blaine Lawson (right) in 2007
Born	(1943-12-01) December 1, 1943 (age 80) Brooklyn, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University Princeton University
Known for	Riemannian geometry Metric Geometry Cheeger constant
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (1984) NAS member (1997) Veblen Prize (2001) Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2019) Shaw Prize (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	New York University Stony Brook University University of Michigan
Doctoral advisor	Salomon Bochner James Harris Simons
Doctoral students	Christina Sormani Xiaochun Rong Xianzhe Dai

Jeff Cheeger (born December 1, 1943) is a mathematician and Silver Professor^[1] at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. His main interest is differential geometry and its connections with topology and analysis.