Neil Trudinger

Neil Sidney Trudinger (born 20 June 1942) is an Australian mathematician, known particularly for his work in the field of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations.

After completing his BSc at the University of New England (Australia) in 1962, he continued his graduate studies at Stanford University. After the award of his doctorate from Stanford University, Trudinger became a Courant Instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University during the academic year 1966–67. He then returned to Australia, where he was appointed as a lecturer at Macquarie University in 1967. In 1970, he moved to University of Queensland, where he was first appointed as a reader, then as professor. In 1973 he moved to the Australian National University. In 2016 he moved to the University of Wollongong, where he is currently appointed as a distinguished professor.

Honours 1978, elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. 2012, elected as a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. 2014, gave the Łojasiewicz Lecture (on the "Optimal Transportation in the 21st Century") at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.