Samuel S. Watson: advisors and students

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Samuel S. Watson

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015

Wikidata names Scott Sheffield as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata and Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Scott Sheffield

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataScott Sheffield
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAmir Dembo
3 steps up
stated by WikidataDavid Malah
4 steps up
stated by WikidataBelle A. Shenoi

Education and career1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

undated
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied

Elsewhere2

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ102430702

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project190684

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102430702,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Samuel S. Watson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102430702},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Samuel S. Watson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102430702