Alexander Furman
Alexander Furman | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Israeli-American |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Dynamical systems, Ergodic theory, Lie groups |
| Awards | Simons Foundation Fellow (2014), NSF CAREER Award, AMS Fellow (2016), UIC University Scholar Award, LAS Distinguished Professor Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Illinois Chicago |
Alexander Furman is a mathematician at the University of Illinois, Chicago.[1][2] Furman received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1986,[3][4] later earning his master's degree and PhD in mathematics in 1989 and 1996, respectively, from the same university.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Furman started teaching mathematics in 1996 as an L. E. Dickson Instructor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago.[3] In 1997, he received a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State University.[3] He has worked at the University of Illinois Chicago since 1997, serving as an assistant professor from 1999 until 2007 and beginning as a full-time professor in 2007.[3] Furman also runs the UIC Math Olympiad Project where he works with high school-age students, discussing and working out mathematical problems.[5]
Honors and awards
[edit]Furman has been awarded multiple National Science Foundation[3][6] and Binational Science Foundation grants.[3][7] In 2014, Furman was made a Simons Foundation Fellow in Mathematics[8][3] and was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER award for his work in teaching through research.[9][6] The same year, he was an invited speaker for the International Congress of Mathematics hosted in Seoul.[9][10] For his work in dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and Lie groups, he was made an American Mathematical Society Fellow in 2016.[11] He has additionally received UIC's University Scholar Award, as well as the LAS Distinguished Professor Award.[9][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexander Furman". www.math.uic.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "2016 University Scholar Alexander Furman | UIC Today". today.uic.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Alex Furman".
- ^ a b "Einstein Institute of Mathematics". mathematics.huji.ac.il. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "uicmop". sites.google.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "NSF – National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Homepage". BSF. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Simons Fellows in Mathematics". Simons Foundation.
- ^ a b c "Faculty Awards | Dept of Math, Stat, & Comp Sci | University of Illinois at Chicago". mscs.uic.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "International Congress of Mathematicians". www.icm2014.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "2016 Class of the Fellows of the AMS" (PDF). American Mathematical Society. March 2016.
- ^ "University Scholars Program – EVPAA". www.vpaa.uillinois.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Faculty Awards & Research Support | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Illinois at Chicago". las.uic.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
