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Bryant's research centers on differential geometry and the geometry of partial differential equations, with specific interests in exterior differential systems, conservation laws for PDEs, Riemannian geometry including calibrations and holonomy theory, Finsler geometry, projective geometry, and systems of PDEs from geometric problems. Notable publications include the book Exterior Differential Systems (Springer-Verlag, 1991, with S.-S. Chern, R. B. Gardner, H. L. Goldschmidt, and P. A. Griffiths), "Metrics with exceptional holonomy" (Annals of Mathematics, 1987), "Characteristic cohomology of differential systems I" (Journal of the AMS, 1995, with P. A. Griffiths), and "An introduction to Lie groups and symplectic geometry" (IAS/Park City Mathematics Series, 1995). He has received major awards such as election to the National Academy of Sciences (2007), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), AAAS Fellow (2021), Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1982–1984), and Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984–1989). Bryant has served in editorial roles including Editor of the Journal of Differential Geometry (1988–1993) and on the Mathematical Reviews Editorial Committee (2024–2028), and as a trustee for MSRI and the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.