Artur Avila

Artur Avila
Avila at the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach in 2012.
Born	Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (1979-06-29) 29 June 1979 (age 45) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazil France[1]
Alma mater	Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (PhD and MS) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BS)
Known for	Dynamical systems Spectral theory Zorich–Kontsevich conjecture Ten martini problem
Awards	Fields Medal (2014) TWAS Prize (2013) Michael Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems (2011) EMS Prize (2008) Salem Prize (2006) Gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (1995)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Zurich CNRS Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Thesis	Bifurcações de tranformações unimodais sob os pontos de vistas topológico e métrico  (2001)
Doctoral advisor	Welington de Melo

Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal,^[2] being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such award. He has been a researcher at both the IMPA and the CNRS (working a half-year in each one). He has been a professor at the University of Zurich since September 2018.