Who is Lauren Williams? The Harvard Math professor with an MIT doctorate, now a McArthur “Genius Grant” winner

Harvard Mathematics professor Lauren K. Williams has been awarded a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship for her groundbreaking research bridging theoretical mathematics and physics. Her work on algebraic combinatorics, the positive Grassmannian, and the amplituhedron offers new ways to model complex systems. The “Genius Grant” provides crucial financial security for her continued research and mentorship.