Alex Furman

Professional Experience

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professor of Mathematics, 2007 - present.


University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2002 - 2007.

University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1999 - 2002.

University of Chicago , Chicago, IL
Dickson Instructor of Mathematics, 1998 - 1999.

Penn State University , State College, PA
Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Dynamical Systems , 1997 - 1998.

University of Chicago , Chicago, IL
Dickson Instructor of Mathematics, 1996 - 1997.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, 1991 - 1996.

Military Service: Israeli Air Forces, Captain
Operation Research and System Analysis Group, 1986 - 1991.

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics , 1996.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis Title: Ergodic group actions
Thesis adviser: Prof. Benjamin Weiss.

M.Sc. in Mathematics, magna cum laude , 1989.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis Title: Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem for Strictly Ergodic Systems
Thesis advisor: Prof. Hillel Furstenberg.

B.Sc. in Mathematics and in Computer Science, cum laude, 1986.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Grants and Awards

LAS Distinguished Professor 2018-present.
University Scholar 2016 - 2019.
American Mathematical Society Fellow, Class 2016.
Simons Foundation Fellow, 2014 - 2015.
ICM 2014, Invited Lecture.

NSF Grant DMS 2005493, 2020-2023.
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2018258, 2019-2023.
NSF Grant DMS 1611765, 2016-2020.
NSF Grant DMS 1207803, 2012-2015.
NSF Grant DMS 0905977, 2009-2012.
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2008267, 2009-2014.
NSF Grant DMS 0604611, 2006-2009.
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2004345, 2006-2009.
NSF Career Award DMS 0094245, 2001-2006.
NSF Grant DMS 9803607, 1998-2001.

Ph.D. Students

Talia Fernos, graduated 2006.
Ali Shaker (tragically passed away in September 2005).
Natalie McGathey, graduated 2011.
Michael Cantrell, graduated 2016.
Vladimir Finkelshtein, graduated 2017.
Robert Kozma, graduated Summer 2021.
Ethan Fricker, graduate Spring 2022.
Samuel Dodds, expected to graduate 2023.
Yanlong Hao, expected to graduate 2023.
Ozkan Demir, expected to graduate 2024.
Truong Vu, expected to graduate 2024.

Research Interests

Ergodic theory, dynamical systems and Lie groups. In particular, rigidity aspects of group actions.

Publications and Work in Progress

Conference, Colloquia and Seminar Talks

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