Erica Gail Klarreich is an American mathematician, journalist and science popularizer.
Klarreich's father was a professor of mathematics, and her mother was a mathematics teacher.[1]
Klarreich obtained her Ph.D. in mathematics under the guidance of Yair Nathan Minsky at Stony Brook University in 1997.[2]
As a mathematician, Klarreich proved that the boundary of the curve complex is homeomorphic to the space of ending laminations.[3]
As a popular science writer, Klarreich's work has appeared in publications such as Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Quanta Magazine.[4][5] She is one of the winners of the 2021 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award for her popular science writing.[6]