Alexander Furman
Israeli-American mathematician
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Alexander Furman (Hebrew: אלכסנדר פורמן) 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]
Alexander Furman | |
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אלכסנדר פורמן | |
| 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 |
Career
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
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]