James Maynard

James Maynard (born 10 June 1987) is a British mathematician working in analytic number theory and in particular the theory of prime numbers. In 2017, he was appointed Research Professor at Oxford. Maynard is a fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022.

Awards:

• 2013: Erdős Prize
• 2014: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize.
• 2015: Whitehead Prize.
• 2016: EMS Prize.
• 2020: Cole Prize in Number Theory.
• 2022: The Fields Medal, for "contributions to analytic number theory, which have led to major advances in the understanding of the structure of prime numbers and in Diophantine approximation".

Personal life

Maynard was born on 10 June 1987 in Chelmsford, England. His partner is Eleanor Grant, a medical doctor.