Brendan Edward Hassett is an American mathematician who is a professor of mathematics at Brown University.
[1] His research interests include algebraic geometry and number theory.
Hassett graduated from Yale College in 1992,[1] and earned his doctorate in 1996 from Harvard University under the supervision of Joe Harris.
[1] He is the Director of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics.
Hassett has authored the textbook Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 2007).