2026 Curtis T. McMullen: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	50	1065	908	495	394	118	12658

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1998 - Fields Medal of International Mathematical Union (IMU) He has made important contributions to various branches of the theory of dynamical systems, such as the algorithmic study of polynomial equations, the study of the distribution of the points of a lattice of a Lie group, hyperbolic geometry, holomorphic dynamics and the renormalization of maps of the interval.
1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Curtis T. McMullen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on mathematics, with notable contributions in the areas of geometry and topology, mathematical physics, statistical and nonlinear physics, applied mathematics, and discrete mathematics and combinatorics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including mathematical dynamics and fractals, geometric and algebraic topology, mathematics and applications, quantum chaos and dynamical systems, point processes and geometric inequalities, advanced combinatorial mathematics, and analytic and geometric function theory.

Some recent publications reflect the diversity and focus of their research:

Billiards, quadrilaterals and moduli spaces (2020), Journal of the American Mathematical Society
Geodesic planes in the convex core of an acylindrical 3-manifold (2022), Duke Mathematical Journal
Modular symbols for Teichmüller curves (2021), Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)
Billiards, heights, and the arithmetic of non-arithmetic groups (2022), Inventiones mathematicae
Billiards and Teichmüller curves (2022), Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Curtis T. McMullen include:

Alex Eskin
Ronen E. Mukamel
Alex Wright
Amir Mohammadi
Hee Oh

Key venues where this researcher has published their work include:

Journal of the American Mathematical Society
Duke Mathematical Journal
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)
Inventiones mathematicae
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Curtis T. McMullen has been recognized with several awards and honors:

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2004)
Fields Medal of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) (1998) for contributions to dynamical systems, such as the algorithmic study of polynomial equations, distribution of lattice points in Lie groups, hyperbolic geometry, holomorphic dynamics, and renormalization of interval maps
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1988)

Best Publications

Logic Minimization Algorithms for VLSI Synthesis

Robert King Brayton;Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli;Curtis T. McMullen;Gary D. Hachtel

2376
Citations
Complex Dynamics and Renormalization

Curtis Tracy McMullen

894
Citations
Complex Dynamics and Renormalization (AM-135), Volume 135

Curtis T. McMullen

861
Citations
The Hausdorff dimension of general Sierpiński carpets

Curtis T. McMullen

521
Citations
Renormalization and 3-Manifolds Which Fiber over the Circle (AM-142), Volume 142

Curtis Tracy McMullen

451
Citations
Mixing, counting, and equidistribution in Lie groups

Alex Eskin;Curtis T. McMullen

418
Citations
Billiards and Teichmüller curves on Hilbert modular surfaces

Curtis T. McMullen

328
Citations
Area and Hausdorff dimension of Julia sets of entire functions

Curtis T. McMullen

293
Citations
Dynamics of SL2(ℝ) Over Moduli Space in Genus Two

Curtis T. McMullen

261
Citations
Families of Rational Maps and Iterative Root-Finding Algorithms

Curtis Tracy McMullen

254
Citations
Quasiconformal Homeomorphisms and Dynamics III. The Teichmüller Space of a Holomorphic Dynamical System

Curtis T. McMullen;Curtis T. McMullen;Curtis T. McMullen;Dennis P. Sullivan;Dennis P. Sullivan;Dennis P. Sullivan

251
Citations
Automorphisms of rational maps

Curtis T. McMullen

240
Citations
Teichmüller curves in genus two: Discriminant and spin

Curtis T. McMullen

201
Citations
Dynamics on K3 Surfaces: Salem Numbers and Siegel Disks

Curtis T. McMullen

197
Citations
Hausdorff Dimension and Conformal Dynamics III: Computation of Dimension

Curtis T. McMullen

190
Citations
Self-similarity of Siegel disks and Hausdorff dimension of Julia sets

Curtis T. McMullen

186
Citations
Dynamics on Blowups of the Projective Plane

Curtis T. McMullen

178
Citations
Complex Earthquakes and Teichmuller Theory

Curtis T. McMullen

177
Citations
Lipschitz maps and nets in Euclidean space

Curtis T. McMullen

176
Citations
Teichmüller curves in genus two: Torsion divisors and ratios of sines

Curtis T. McMullen

172
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Thermodynamics, dimension and the Weil–Petersson metric

Curtis T. McMullen

168
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli University of California, Berkeley

Gary D. Hachtel University of Colorado Boulder

Robert K. Brayton University of California, Berkeley

Benedict H. Gross University of California, San Diego

John Milnor Stony Brook University

Alex Eskin University of Chicago

Robert L. Devaney Boston University

Clifford Henry Taubes Harvard University

Yakov Eliashberg Stanford University

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