Jennifer Tour Chayes — Managing Director of New England Lab and Managing Director of New York City Lab at Microsoft

Ms. Jennifer Tour Chayes has been Managing Director of New England Lab at Microsoft Research Ltd., research division of Microsoft Corporation since February 2008 and serves as its Managing Director of New York City Lab. Ms. Chayes Co-Founded Microsoft Research in 1997 and serves as its Co-Leader of Theory Group. She has directed research groups at the Microsoft in the fields of mathematics, theoretical computer science, and cryptography. She is an expert in the emerging field at the interface of mathematics, physics, and theoretical computer science. She is also Affiliate Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Washington, and was for many years Professor of Mathematics at UCLA. She served as Vice-President of the American Mathematical Society. She is co-inventor of more than 20 patents and the co-author of nearly 100 scientific papers. She serves as Chairperson of the Mathematics Section of the AAAS. She serves as Trustee of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. She serves on numerous institute boards, advisory committees and editorial boards, including the boards of the Banff International Research Station, the Fields Institute, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and the National Academy of Sciences Communications Advisory Committee. She served twice as Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. She is the recipient of an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Sloan Fellowship, and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. Ms. Chayes holds a PhD in mathematical physics from Princeton University from 1979-1983, also had postdoctoral positions in mathematics and physics at Harvard and Cornell and holds BA Degree in Biology and Physics from Wesleyan University from 1974-1979.