Sorin Popa

Sorin Teodor Popa
Born (1953-03-24) 24 March 1953
Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
Known forVon Neumann algebras, subfactors, ergodic theory
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow (1995)
Ostrowski Prize (2009)
Moore Prize (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Thesis Studiul unor clase de subalgebre ale -algebrelor  (1983)
Doctoral advisorDan-Virgil Voiculescu
Doctoral studentsAdrian Ioana
Websitewww.math.ucla.edu/~popa

Sorin Teodor Popa (born 24 March 1953) is a Romanian American mathematician working on operator algebras. He is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.

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