Answer the following question: Facts:   - fields: mathematics    - workplaces: purdue university    - doctoral advisor: daniel kan      - name: jeffrey h. smith    - nationality: united states    - alma mater: mit   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jeffrey h. smith .
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jeffrey henderson smith is a former professor of mathematics at purdue university in lafayette , indiana .he received his ph.d. from the massachusetts institute of technology in 1981 , under the supervision of daniel kan , and was promoted to full professor at purdue in 1999 .his primary research interest is algebraic topology ; his best-cited work consists of two papers in the `` annals of mathematics '' on `` nilpotence and stable homotopy '' .