Alex Furman CV

Research Interests

Ergodic theory, dynamical systems and Lie groups. In particular, rigidity aspects of group actions.

Alex Furman (email: furman [at] uic [dot] edu ) 

Professional Experience

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professor of Mathematics, 2007 - present

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2002 - 2007

University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1999 - 2002

University of Chicago , Chicago, IL
Dickson Instructor of Mathematics, 1998 - 1999

Penn State University , State College, PA
Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Dynamical Systems , 1997 - 1998

University of Chicago , Chicago, IL
Dickson Instructor of Mathematics, 1996 - 1997

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, 1991 - 1996

Military Service: Israeli Air Forces, Captain
Operation Research and System Analysis Group, 1986 - 1991.

Ph.D. Students

• Talia Fernos, graduated 2006
  Topic: "Relative Property (T), Linear groups, and applications"

• Ali Shaker (tragically passed away in September 2005).

• Natalie McGathey, graduated 2011
  Topic: "Invariant measures and Homeomorphisms of boundaries "

• Michael Cantrell, graduated 2016
  Topic: "Ergodic theory and Geometry of Nilpotent groups"

• Vladimir Finkelshtein, graduated 2017
  Topic: "Diophantine properties of groups of toral automorphisms"

• Robert Kozma, graduated Summer 2021
  Topic: "Central Limit Theorems and Packing Problems in Dynamics and Geometry"

• Ethan Fricker, graduate Spring 2022
  Topic: "Quasi-Fuchsian, Riemannian, and Word Metrics on Surface Groups"

• Yanlong Hao, graduated 2023
  Topic: "Marked Length Spectrum and Arithmeticity"

• Samuel Dodds, graduated 2024
  Topic: "Flexibility and Complexity in Stationary Boundaries of Negatively Curved Groups"

• Ozkan Demir, graduated 2024
  Topic: "Measurable Imbeddings: An Order-like Generalization of Measure Equivalence"