Date of Birth:
July 17, 1975

Birthplace:
Adelaide, Australia

Citizenship:
Australian

Marital status:
Married

Degree
Date
Institution
Advisor
Subject
Thesis title

Ph. D.
Jun 1996
Princeton University
Elias Stein
Mathematics
Three regularity results in harmonic analysis

M. Sc.
Aug 1992
Flinders University
Garth Gaudry
Mathematics
Convolution operators generated by right-monogenic and harmonic kernels

B. Sc. (Hons)
Dec 1991
Flinders University
Garth Gaudry
Mathematics
N/A

陶哲軒八歲便上中學，十二歲已讀大學三年班，專攻數學。十六歲便得大學榮譽理科學位，一年後完成碩士課程，取得學位。十七歲到美國，並在普林斯頓大學取得博士學位。二十四歲起出任加州大學洛杉磯分校數學教授。陶哲軒亦是國際數學奧林匹克最年輕的參賽者，十一歲首次參賽，未到十三歲已贏得金牌，紀錄至今仍未有人打破。