Leonid Polterovich
| Leonid Polterovich | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
30 August 1963 Moscow, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian-Israeli |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Tel Aviv University University of Chicago |
| Alma mater |
Moscow State University Tel Aviv University |
| Doctoral advisor |
Yakov G. Sinai Vitali Milman |
| Doctoral students |
Meike Akveld Paul Biran Dan Mangoubi Yaron Ostrover Gabriel Ben-Simon |
| Notable awards |
1998 Erdős Prize 1996 EMS Prize |
Leonid Polterovich (Hebrew: ליאוניד פולטרוביץ; Russian: Леонид В. Полтерович; born 30 August 1963) is a Russian-Israeli mathematician at Tel Aviv University. His research field includes symplectic geometry and dynamical systems.
A native of Moscow, Polterovich earned his undergraduate degree at Moscow State University in 1984. He moved to Israel after the collapse of communism, earning his doctorate from Tel Aviv University in 1990. In 1996, he was awarded the EMS Prize,[1] and in 1998 the Erdős Prize. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago.
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