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:Eclipse 2018: How to watch the partial solar eclipse THIS WEEKENDE.P.A. Staff Objected to Agency’s New Rules on Asbestos Use, Internal Emails ShowPerseid meteor shower: Earth’s atmosphere better protected against DEADLY space rocksTouching the SunEclipse 2018: The third and FINAL solar eclipse of 2018 will be THIS SATURDAYToday the Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun.