Alexandru Zaharescu (born June 4, 1961) is a Romanian mathematician. He is a professor in the Department of Mathematics,[1] University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and a Honorary Member[2] at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy. He has two PhDs in mathematics, one from the University of Bucharest in 1991 under the direction of Nicolae Popescu, the other from Princeton University in 1995 under the direction of Peter Sarnak. Zaharescu has numerous publications in highly prestigious journals,[3] and more than 350 in total.[4] Almost all his work is in number theory.
Alexandru Zaharescu | |
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| Born | 4 June 1961 |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Number theory |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy |
| Doctoral advisors | Nicolae Popescu Peter Sarnak |
Early life
editZaharescu was born on June 4, 1961, and grew up in Codlea, Romania. He graduated from high school in Codlea in 1980, and from the University of Bucharest in 1986. He joined the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy in 1989, and in 1991 he received a PhD from the University of Bucharest.
Career
editZaharescu received his second PhD from Princeton University in 1995. After that, he held temporary positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGill University, the Institute for Advanced Study, before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois in 2000.
Awards and honours
editZaharescu was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2017, for contributions to analytic number theory.[5] A conference in honor of his 60th birthday was held in June 2021 at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ "Department of Mathematics".
- ^ "Honorary members of the "Simion Stoilow" Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy".
- ^ "Alexandru Zaharescu CV and some Publications".
- ^ "Alexandru Zaharescu full list of publications".
- ^ "2017 Class of Fellows of the AMS" (PDF).
- ^ "Ninth Bucharest Number Theory Days. June 1–3, 2021. In honor of Alexandru Zaharescu's 60th Birthday". imar.ro. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy. Retrieved May 9, 2021.