Boris Zilber

Boris Zilber
Boris Zilber in Oberwolfach 2010
Born	1949 (age 67–68) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residence	United Kingdom
Fields	Mathematics, Model theory
Institutions	University of Oxford
Alma mater	Novosibirsk State University Saint Petersburg State University
Doctoral advisor	Mikhail Taitslin
Notable awards	Senior Berwick Prize (2004) Pólya Prize (2015)

Boris Zilber (Russian: Борис Иосифович Зильбер, born 1949) is a Soviet-British mathematician who works in mathematical logic (specifically model theory). He is currently a professor of mathematical logic at the University of Oxford.

He obtained his doctorate (Candidate of Sciences) from the Novosibirsk State University in 1975 under the supervision of Mikhail Taitslin and his habilitation (Doctor of Sciences) from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1986.

He received the Senior Berwick Prize (2004) and the Pólya Prize (2015) from the London Mathematical Society.