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Gregory Sivashinsky

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Gregory Sivashinsky
Born (1945-11-21) November 21, 1945 (age 78)
Alma materMoscow State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Known forKuramoto–Sivashinsky equation
Michelson–Sivashinsky equation
Joulin–Sivashinsky equation
Rakib–Sivashinsky equation
Scientific career
FieldsCombustion
Mathematical physics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Tel Aviv University

Gregory I. Sivashinsky (also known as Grisha) is a professor at Tel Aviv University, working in the field of combustion and theoretical physics.[1][2]

Biography

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Sivashinsky was born in Moscow to Israel and Tatiana Sivashinsky. He is married to Terry Sivashinsky. He finished his master's degree at Moscow State University in 1967 and worked as a research assistant there until 1971. He emigrated to Israel in 1971. He was a pupil of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich. He completed his PhD at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1973 and worked as a lecturer there for two years. He joined Tel Aviv University in 1974 and settled there.[citation needed] He is the recipient of Ya.B. Zeldovich Gold Medal from The Combustion Institute[3] and a fellow of The Combustion Institute.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Special issue dedicated to Gregory (Grisha) Sivashinsky on the occasion of his 70th birthday". Combustion Theory and Modelling. 20 (6): 975. 14 December 2016. Bibcode:2016CTM....20..975.. doi:10.1080/13647830.2016.1257053.
  2. ^ "Prof. Gregory Sivashinsky - Faculty of Exact Sciences Raymond & Beverly Sackler". en-exact-sciences.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal | the Combustion Institute". 24 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Fellows of the Combustion Institute | the Combustion Institute". 20 June 2017.
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