Benson Farb

Benson Farb
Farb at Oberwolfach, 2016
Born	(1967-10-25) October 25, 1967 (age 57)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University Princeton University
Spouse	Amie Wilkinson ​ (m. 1996)​
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Chicago
Thesis	Relatively Hyperbolic And Automatic Groups With Applications To Negatively Curved Manifolds  (1994)
Doctoral advisor	William Thurston
Doctoral students	Pallavi Dani Kathryn Mann Dan Margalit Karin Melnick Andrew Putman Jennifer Taback

Benson Stanley Farb (born October 25, 1967) is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.