Misha Lyubich
Class of 2019-20
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Stony Brook University
Lyubich is best known for his groundbreaking research in analytic low-dimensional dynamics of recursive maps, an important and in-demand area in his discipline. He was named to the American Mathematical Society’s inaugural class of fellows and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, and the European Union Academy of Sciences. He received the Prize of the Leningrad Mathematical Society and the Jeffery-Williams Prize from the Canadian Mathematical Society. Lyubich will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science.