Melanie Wood

Melanie Matchett Wood (born 1981) is an American mathematician from Harvard University. She was the first woman to qualify for the U.S. International Mathematical Olympiad Team.

Melanie Wood
Melanie Wood in 2007
Born	1981 (age 42–43) Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Duke University University of Cambridge, Trinity College Princeton University
Awards	Morgan Prize (2004) NSF CAREER Award (2017) AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory (2018)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Stanford University University of Wisconsin University of California, Berkeley Harvard University
Thesis	Moduli spaces for rings and ideals (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Manjul Bhargava

She completed her Ph.D. in 2009 at Princeton University, and is now Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. After her PhD she was Chancellor's Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin. She spent two years as Szegö Assistant Professor at Stanford University.