Yilin Wang

Yilin Wang
Wang at Oberwolfach in 2019
Born1991 (age 3334)
Shanghai, China
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
Pierre and Marie Curie University (MSc)
Paris-Sud University (MSc)
ETH Zurich (PhD)
AwardsMaryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize (2022)
Salem Prize (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorWendelin Werner

Yilin Wang (Chinese: 王艺霖; born 1991) is a mathematician whose research has involved complex analysis and probability theory, including Teichmüller theory, the Schramm–Loewner evolution, and Loewner energy. Originally from China, and educated in France and Switzerland, she is a junior professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and has accepted a position at ETH Zurich in Switzerland starting in July 2025.