Yakov G. Sinai#
| Membership Number: | 2585 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1993 Professor, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
- 1971 - 1993 Professor, Moscow State University (part of position)
- since 1971 Senior Researcher, Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of Russia
- 1960 - 1971 Scientific Researcher, Laboratory of Probabilistic & Statistical Methods, Moscow State University
Fields of Scholarship
- Theory of dynamical systems
- Mathematical physics
- Statistical physics
- Probability theory
- Mathematical fluid dynamics
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Abel Prize
- 2013 AMS Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
- 2010 Honorary degree from Warwick University, England
- 2009 Polish Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member
- 2009 Henri Poincar´e Prize given by the International Association of Mathematical Physics
- 2009 Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London
- 2009 Dobrushin International Prize given by the Institute of Information Transmission, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2008 Lagrange Prize, given by ISI Institute, Torino, Italy
- 2007 Kolmogorov Lecture and Medal, University of London
- 2006 Galileo Chair, Pisa, Italy
- 2005 Moore Distinguished Scholar, October, November, December 2005, California, Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
- 2005 Honorary degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem
- 2002 Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
- 2002 Honorary degree from Budapest University of Science and Technology
- 2001 The Chairman of the Fields Medal Committee of IMU
- 2001 Moser Prize given by SIAM
- 2000 Foreign Member of the Brazilean Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Brazilean Award of Merits in Sciences
- 1999 Foreign Associate of the National Academy of U.S.A.
- 1997-1998 Thomas Jones Professor of Princeton University
- 1997 Wolf Prize in Mathematics
- 1993 Foreign Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Doctor Honoris Causa of Warsaw University
- 1992 Honorary Member, London Mathematical Society
- 1992 Dirac Medal given by ICPT in Trieste
- 1991 Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1990 Markov Prize given by the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Heineman Prize given by the American Physical Society
- 1986 Boltzman Gold Medal given by IUPAP
- 1983 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts & Science
