Alexander Merkurjev

Alexander Merkurjev
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Merkurjev
Born (1955-09-25) September 25, 1955 (age 69)
Alma materLeningrad University
Known forMerkurjev–Suslin theorem, cohomological invariants, canonical dimension, book of involutions, essential dimension
AwardsCole Prize in Algebra (2012)
Petersburg Mathematical Society Prize (1982)
Humboldt Prize (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of California Los Angeles
Doctoral advisorAnatoli Yakovlev

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Merkurjev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Сергее́вич Мерку́рьев, born September 25, 1955[1]) is a Russian-American mathematician, who has made major contributions to the field of algebra. Currently Merkurjev is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.