Gregory Sivashinsky

Gregory Sivashinsky
Born	(1945-10-21) October 21, 1945 (age 79) Moscow, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Known for	Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation Michelson–Sivashinsky equation Joulin–Sivashinsky equation Rakib–Sivashinsky equation
Scientific career
Fields	Combustion Mathematical physics
Institutions	Moscow State University Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Tel Aviv University

Gregory I. Sivashinsky (also known as Grisha) is a professor at Tel Aviv University, working in the field of combustion and theoretical physics. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Sivashinsky was born in Moscow to Israel and Tatiana Sivashinsky. He is married to Terry Sivashinsky. He finished his master's degree at Moscow State University in 1967 and worked as a research assistant there until 1971. He emigrated to Israel in 1971. He was a pupil of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich. He completed his PhD at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1973 and worked as a lecturer there for two years. He joined Tel Aviv University in 1974 and settled there.^{[ citation needed ]} He is the recipient of Ya.B. Zeldovich Gold Medal from The Combustion Institute ^[3] and a fellow of The Combustion Institute. ^[4]

See also

• Norbert Peters
• Forman A. Williams
• Moshe Matalon
• John D. Buckmaster
• Amable Liñán
• Paul Clavin

References

1. "Special issue dedicated to Gregory (Grisha) Sivashinsky on the occasion of his 70th birthday". Combustion Theory and Modelling. 20 (6): 975. 14 December 2016. Bibcode:2016CTM....20..975.. doi: 10.1080/13647830.2016.1257053 .
2. "Prof. Gregory Sivashinsky - Faculty of Exact Sciences Raymond & Beverly Sackler". en-exact-sciences.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. "Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal | the Combustion Institute". The Combustion Institute | Promoting and Disseminating Combustion Science Research. 24 June 2016.
4. "Fellows of the Combustion Institute | the Combustion Institute". The Combustion Institute | Promoting and Disseminating Combustion Science Research. 20 June 2017.

External links

• Gregory Sivashinsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project