Maxim Kontsevich | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Russia France |
Alma mater | Moscow State University University of Bonn |
Awards | EMS Prize (1992) Otto Hahn Medal (1992) Henri Poincaré Prize (1997) Fields Medal (1998) Crafoord Prize (2008) Shaw Prize (2012) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012) Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2015) National Academy of Sciences (Foreign Associate) (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Mathematical physics |
Institutions | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques University of Miami University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | Don Bernard Zagier |
Notable students | Serguei Barannikov |
Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (Russian: Макси́м Льво́вич Конце́вич, IPA: [mɐkˈsʲim ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐnˈtsɛvʲɪtɕ] ⓘ; born 25 August 1964)[1] is a Russian and French[2] mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015.[3]