Ergodic theory, dynamical systems and Lie groups. In particular, rigidity aspects of group actions.
Alex Furman (email: furman [at] uic [dot] edu )Â
Ph.D. in Mathematics , 1996
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis Title: Ergodic group actions
Thesis adviser: Prof. Benjamin Weiss.
M.Sc. in Mathematics, magna cum laude , 1989
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis Title: Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem for Strictly Ergodic Systems
Thesis advisor: Prof. Hillel Furstenberg.
B.Sc. in Mathematics and in Computer Science, cum laude, 1986
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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.
Simons Foundation Fellow, 2024 - 2025
LAS Distinguished Professor 2018 - present
University Scholar 2016 - 2019
American Mathematical Society Fellow, Class 2016
Simons Foundation Fellow, 2014 - 2015
ICM 2014, Invited Lecture in Lie Theory/Dynamical Systems
NSF Grant DMS 2005493, 2020-2025
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2018258, 2019-2023
NSF Grant DMS 1611765, 2016-2020
NSF Grant DMS 1207803, 2012-2015
NSF Grant DMS 0905977, 2009-2012
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2008267, 2009-2014
NSF Grant DMS 0604611, 2006-2009
BSF USA-Israel Grant 2004345, 2006-2009
NSF Career Award DMS 0094245, 2001-2006
NSF Grant DMS 9803607, 1998-2001
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"