Thomas G. Goodwillie (born 1954) is an American mathematician and professor at Brown University who has made fundamental contributions to algebraic and geometric topology.
[1] He then studied at Princeton University, where he completed his PhD in 1982, under the supervision of Wu-Chung Hsiang.
In 1987 he was hired with tenure by Brown University, where he was promoted to full professor in 1991.
[2] Goodwillie is interested in issues of racial and gender equality and has taught a course on this topic.
[9] Goodwillie received a Sloan Fellowship and the Harriet S. Sheridan Award.