Mark Goresky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mark Goresky

Canadian-American mathematician

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Profession: mathematician, topologist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Robert Mark Goresky (born 1950) is a Canadian mathematician who invented intersection homology with Robert MacPherson. He received his Ph.D.
from Brown University in 1976.
His thesis, titled Geometric Cohomology and Homology of Stratified Objects, was written under the direction of MacPherson.
Many of the results in his thesis were published in 1981 by the American Mathematical Society.
He has taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Northeastern University. In 2002 Goresky and MacPherson were jointly awarded the Leroy P.
Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research by the American Mathematical Society.
In 2012 Goresky became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.