2025 Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award: Justin Solomon

2025 Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award: Justin Solomon
”This award is all about the freedom to identify new problems to work on.”

For Justin Solomon, geometry is not a closed world of abstractions. Instead it’s a meeting ground — for students from around the globe, for music and mathematics, and for computation and imagination.

Solomon, a professor at MIT, leads the Geometric Data Processing Group and the Summer Geometry Initiative, creating spaces where fresh ideas and new voices can take root. Like a musical performance, his research thrives on collaboration –– different backgrounds and perspectives joining to find harmony in the unexpected.

As a Schmidt Science Polymaths Award Winner, Solomon has the freedom to explore new domains where risk, curiosity, and creativity can reshape what’s possible.

Filmed and edited by Colin Sonner. Written and produced by John Hubbell. Original score by Jonathan Kirkscey. Executive Producer Gabe Medina, for Schmidt Sciences..

 Client: Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropic organization founded in 2024 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund unconventional, early-stage research in science and technology.