Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal, Dies at 40 Dr. Mirzakhani, a mathematician at Stanford University, was the only woman and only Iranian ever to win the medal. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Tiangong-1 fall LIVE: How to track falling Chinese space station barreling towards EarthBlue Moon 2018: When is the March Blue Moon? Last lunar show to grace skies until 2020James F. Holland, Trailblazing Cancer Researcher, Dies at 92Tiangong 1 track RADAR: Chinese space station to hit Earth in FIREBALL this weekendNASA’s Webb Telescope Faces More SetbacksWhy the Snow in Parts of Europe Was Orange