Mikhail Gelfand

Born (1963-10-25) 25 October 1963 (age 61)

Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Federation

AlmamaterMSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

FieldsBioinformatics, molecular biology

Mikhail Gelfand
Михаил Гельфанд
Gelfand in 2013
Born	(1963-10-25) 25 October 1963 (age 61) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet Union, Russian Federation
Alma mater	MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields	Bioinformatics, molecular biology
Institutions	Russian Academy of Sciences Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Higher School of Economics
Doctoral advisor	Simon Gindikin[1]
Mikhail Gelfand's voice Mikhail Gelfand on the Echo of Moscow program, 8 March 2011

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gelfand (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Гельфанд; born 25 October 1963) is a Russian bioinformaticist and molecular biologist.^[2] He is a member of Academia Europaea, Vice President Biomedical Research of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology,^[3] one of the founder of Dissernet plagiarism fighting society^[4] and a political activist, former member of Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He is a grandson of a prominent Soviet mathematician Israel Gelfand.^[5]