Lauren Williams (mathematician)

Lauren K. Williams
Lauren Williams
Bornc. 1978 (age 47–48)
Alma materHarvard University (B.A., 2000)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 2005)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
ThesisCombinatorial aspects of total positivity (2005)
Doctoral advisorRichard P. Stanley

Lauren Kiyomi Williams (born c. 1978) is an American mathematician known for her work on cluster algebras, tropical geometry, algebraic combinatorics, amplituhedra, and the positive Grassmannian. She is Dwight Parker Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2025.