David Kazhdan

Who is this?

David Kazhdan (Hebrew: דוד קשדן), born Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Каждан; born 20 June 1946), is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow. In 2012, he received the Israel Prize for Mathematics and Computer sciences.

Career

1. 1946
   Born
2. 1990
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
3. 1990
   Won MacArthur Fellows Program
4. 2008
   Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
5. 2010
   Won Rothschild Prize
6. 2012
   Won Israel Prize
7. 2016
   Won The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
8. Member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
9. Notable work: Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomial

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Moscow
• •Citizenship: Soviet Union, United States
• •Known as: mathematician