Andrei Okounkov
Andrei Okounkov | |
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| Born | Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov July 26, 1969 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (BS, PhD) |
| Awards | Fields Medal (2006) EMS Prize (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Columbia University National Research University – Higher School of Economics Princeton University University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexandre Kirillov |
Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Окунько́в, Andrej Okun'kov, born July 26, 1969) is a Russian mathematician who works on representation theory and its applications to algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, probability theory and special functions. He is currently a professor at the Columbia University and the academic supervisor of HSE International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics. In 2006, he received the Fields Medal "for his contributions to bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry."