H. Blaine Lawson

H. Blaine Lawson, Jr.
H. Blaine Lawson in Berkeley, 1972
Born (1942-01-04) January 4, 1942
CitizenshipUnited States
AwardsLeroy P. Steele Prize for Exposition (1975)
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2026)
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic cycles
Calibrated geometry
Minimal surfaces
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Doctoral advisorRobert Osserman

Herbert Blaine Lawson, Jr. is a mathematician best known for his work in minimal surfaces, foliations, several complex variables, calibrated geometry, partial differential equations, and algebraic cycles. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Stony Brook University.