Neil O'Connell

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Neil O'Connell
Born
Ireland
Education UC Berkeley (PhD, 1993)
Trinity College Dublin (B.A. (mod) 1989, M.Sc. 1990)
Awards Itô Prize (2002)
Rollo Davidson Prize (2005)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
University of Warwick
University College Dublin
Thesis The Genealogy of Branching Processes  (1993)
Doctoral advisor Steven Neil Evans

Neil Michael O'Connell is an Irish mathematician from Shannon, County Clare. He attended Trinity College Dublin, and was elected to scholarship in 1987. [1] He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and a gold medal in 1989 and completed an M.Sc. in 1990. [2] He obtained his PhD in 1993 at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Steven Neil Evans. [3] [2] He subsequently worked at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, [4] and the University of Warwick. [2]

He works in probability theory, in particular random matrices. He was awarded the inaugural Itô prize in 2002 (together with Ben Hambly and James Martin), [5] and the Rollo Davidson Prize in 2005. [6] In 2013 he was Doob Lecturer at the 36th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, in Boulder, Colorado. [7] He is currently Professor at University College Dublin. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Scholars". TCD Scholars. TCD Life. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "UCD Page for Professor Neil O'Connell". www.ucd.ie. University College Dublin. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Neil Michael O'Connell". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "O'Connell, N (Past Members)". www.dias.ie. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Itô Prize". www.bernoulli-society.org. Bernoulli Society. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rollo Davidson Trust". www.statslab.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge Statistical Laboratory. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Schramm/Doob Lecture Selection Committee". www.bernoulli-society.org. Bernoulli Society. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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