Robert Guralnick

{{short description|American mathematician}}

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| name = Robert M. Guralnick

| image = Robert Guralnick.jpg

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| caption = Guralnick at Oberwolfach, 2007

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1950|7|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles

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| nationality = American

| field = Mathematics

| alma_mater = UCLA

| work_institutions = University of Southern California

| doctoral_advisor = Basil Gordon

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| awards = Cole Prize in Algebra (2018)

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Robert Michael Guralnick (born 10 July 1950) is an American mathematician known for his work in group theory. He works as a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Southern California.{{cite web|url=https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003312|title=Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences|website=Dornsife.usc.edu|accessdate=13 July 2018}}

Guralnick was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012, was an invited lecturer at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2014, and was awarded the Cole Prize in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201804/rnoti-p461.pdf|title=2018 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra|website=Ams.org|accessdate=13 July 2018}} He is currently managing editor of Forum of Mathematics.