Alexander Barvinok

Alexander Barvinok
Born	(1963-03-27) March 27, 1963 (age 61) Leningrad, Soviet Union
Nationality	American
Alma mater	St. Petersburg State University (Ph.D)
Awards	Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Michigan (1994–)
Thesis	Combinatorial Theory of Polytopes with Symmetry and its Applications to Combinatorial Optimization Problems  (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Anatoly Moiseevich Vershik

Alexander I. Barvinok (born March 27, 1963) is a Russian American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan. ^[1]

Barvinok received his Ph.D. from St. Petersburg State University in 1988 under the supervision of Anatoly Moiseevich Vershik. ^[2]

In 1999, Barvinok received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Bill Clinton. ^[3]

Barvinok gave an invited talk at the 2006 International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid. ^[4]

In 2012, Barvinok became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. ^[5]

In 2023, Barvinok left the American Mathematical Society by refusing to renew his membership in protest of its non-opposition to "DEI statements" and "compelled language", referencing his experiences in the Soviet Union. ^[6]

References

1. Alexander Barvinok, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
2. Alexandre Barvinok at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. PRESIDENT NAMES OUTSTANDING YOUNG U.S. SCIENTISTS Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine . Office of Science and Technology Policy press release., February 10, 1999. Accessed January 26, 2017
4. ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897 Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine , International Mathematical Union. Accessed January 26, 2017.
5. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
6. Alexander Barvinok. "Leaving the AMS" (PDF). American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 September 2023.