Maxim Kontsevich
Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician, educator. Achievements include research in mathematical physics, algebraic geometry and topology; specializing in the "knot theory" and the "string theory". Recipient Fields medal International Congress Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998; co-recipient Crafoord prize in Mathematics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2008. Member of Academy of Sciences (elected official).
Career
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Junior researcher Institute for Problems of Information Transmission, Moscow. Professor University California Berkeley, 1993—1995. Professor mathematics I'Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, since 1995.
Visiting professor Harvard University, Max-Planck-Institut Mathematik, Institute Advanced Studies, Rutgers University.