Sorin Popa
| Sorin Teodor Popa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1953 |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Known for | Von Neumann algebras, subfactors, ergodic theory |
| Awards |
Guggenheim Fellow (1995) Ostrowski Prize (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Dan-Virgil Voiculescu |
Guggenheim Fellow (1995)
Sorin Teodor Popa (24 March 1953) is a Romanian-American mathematician working on operator algebras. He is a professor at UCLA.
Popa earned his PhD from the University of Bucharest in 1983 under the supervision of Dan-Virgil Voiculescu.
He has advised 15 doctoral students at UCLA, including Adrian Ioana.
In 1990 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Kyoto (on "Subfactors and Classifications in von Neumann algebras"). He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1995. In 2006 he gave a plenary lecture at the ICM in Madrid (on "Deformation and Rigidity for group actions and Von Neumann Algebras"). In 2009 he was awarded the Ostrowski Prize. He is one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
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