Alexander Furman

Alexander Furman is a mathematician at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Furman received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1986, later earning his master's degree and PhD in mathematics in 1989 and 1996, respectively, from the same university.

Honors and awards Furman has been awarded multiple National Science Foundation and Binational Science Foundation grants. In 2014, Furman was made a Simons Foundation Fellow in Mathematics For his work in dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and Lie groups, he was made an American Mathematical Society Fellow in 2016. He has additionally received UIC's University Scholar Award, as well as the LAS Distinguished Professor Award.