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Born on March 20, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Ken Ono is a mathematician and university teacher. That puts Ken Ono at 58 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Towson High School and University of Chicago. Recorded honors include Guggenheim Fellowship (2003), David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2000) and 2 more.
My Take
What strikes me about Ken Ono is not just the decorated resume in number theory, but the willingness to keep reinventing. Going from being a chaired professor advising on STEM at the University of Virginia to working on artificial intelligence at a startup in Palo Alto is a bold late-career pivot. Plenty of mathematicians could rest on a Guggenheim and an AMS fellowship; he instead chases new frontiers. I find that intellectual restlessness more admirable than any single theorem. He is the kind of mind that treats curiosity, not status, as the real reward.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ken Ono
- Name (Japanese)
- ケン・オノ
- Reading
- けん・おの
- Born
- March 20, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher
2. Background
- High school
- Towson High School
- University
- University of Chicago
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- 2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- 1999 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
- 2013 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Ono
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8E
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738659
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ken Ono born?
Born March 20, 1968 (age 58).
Where is Ken Ono from?
Ken Ono is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Ken Ono do?
Ken Ono works as mathematician, university teacher.
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