Yuri A. Drozd

Yuriy Drozd ( also spelled Yurii Drozd; born October 15, 1944) is a Ukrainian mathematician working primarily in algebra. He is a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and head of the Department of Algebra and Topology at the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Career From 1969 to 2006 Drozd worked at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (at first as lecturer, then as associate professor and full professor). From 1980 to 1998 he headed the Department of Algebra and Mathematical Logic. Since 2006 he has been the head of the Department of Algebra and Topology (until 2014 - the Department of Algebra) of the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

An author of highly-cited textbooks, Drozd co-authored with V. Kirichenko the monograph "Finite Dimensional Algebras,"

Accomplishments

Drozd is recognized internationally for his fundamental contributions to algebra, particularly in the theory of finite-dimensional algebras and their representation types.