Harper was awarded the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2019 "for several outstanding contributions to analytic and probabilistic number theory.

"[1][2][3] "Harper's research, both individually and in collaboration, covers the theory of the Riemann zeta function, random multiplicative functions, S-unit equations, smooth numbers, the large sieve, and the recent highly innovative "pretentious" approach to number theory.

In establishing these results, he has shown mastery over probabilistic methods which he has used with remarkable effect in analytic number theory."

Adam Harper was born in Lowestoft in the United Kingdom.

[4] Adam Harper was awarded a Whitehead Prize in 2020 for "his deep and important contributions to analytic number theory, and in particular for his work on the value distribution of the Riemann zeta function and random multiplicative functions using sophisticated ideas and techniques from probability theory.