Karen E. Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Karen E. Smith

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 09-May-1965

Place of Birth: Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Karen Ellen Smith (born 1965, Red Bank, New Jersey) is an American mathematician, specializing in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.
She completed her bachelor's degree in mathematics at Princeton University before earning her PhD in mathematics at the University of Michigan in 1993.
Currently she is the Keeler Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan.
In addition to being a researcher in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, Smith with others wrote the textbook An Invitation to Algebraic Geometry.