Boris Zilber
| Boris Zilber | |
|---|---|
 Boris Zilber in Oberwolfach 2010 | |
| Born |
1949 (age 66–67) 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[1] and his habilitation (Doctor of Sciences) from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1986.[2]
He received the Senior Berwick Prize (2004) and the Pólya Prize (2015) from the London Mathematical Society.[3]
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