Maxim Kontsevich

Maxim Kontsevich

Russian and French mathematician (born 1964)

62 years oldVirgoSoviet Union

Biography

Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (Russian: Макси́м Льво́вич Конце́вич, IPA: [mɐkˈsʲim ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐnˈtsɛvʲɪtɕ] ; born 25 August 1964) is a Russian and French 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.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

  • Rutgers University
  • Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • The Institute for Information Transmission Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences

Notable works

  • Kontsevich invariant

Family

Awards & honours (8)

  • Fields medal
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour
  • Henri Poincaré Prize
  • Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
  • Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
  • honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
  • The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
  • Crafoord Prize in Mathematics

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Maxim Kontsevich was born on August 25, 1964.
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Maxim Kontsevich was born in Khimki.
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Maxim Kontsevich is a citizen of Soviet Union, France, Russia.
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