The College of Science and the Department of Mathematics at Northeastern University are pleased to announce the creation of the Andrei Zelevinsky Research Instructorship — a position that has been created to honor the life and legacy of one of the greatest mathematicians of his generation, Andrei Zelevinsky.
Seven post-doctoral researchers in the Department of Mathematics are the inaugural recipients of this honor. The college and the department hope this instructorship will not only honor the many contributions Professor Zelevinsky made to the field of mathematics, but also support promising young researchers at the start of their careers. “We are absolutely delighted to provide this honor to our outstanding postdoctoral fellows program,” said College of Science Dean Kenneth Henderson. “It is a very fitting way to acknowledge the tremendous contributions of Professor Zelevinski to Northeastern University.”
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ABOUT ANDREI ZELEVINSKY
Professor Andrei Zelevinsky (1953-2013) was widely known and appreciated as one of the greatest mathematicians of his generation.
Winner of the Silver Medal of the International Mathematical Olympiad at age 16, Zelevinsky went on to become a world-famous mathematician, a gifted teacher, and a dedicated mentor. He was especially renowned for the Bernstein-Zelevinsky classification of representations of p-adic groups, as well as for the discovery, with Sergey Fomin, of cluster algebras.
During his 22-year career at Northeastern, Zelevinsky’s impressive body of work resulted in an invitation to lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians (Berlin, 1998), the Humboldt Research Award (2004), election as a fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), and a University Distinguished Professor award from Northeastern University (2013). In 2014, Thompson Reuters added him to their list of Highly Cited Researchers for Mathematics.
His numerous contributions to mathematics included not only ground-breaking research, but also a dedicated enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring future mathematicians. He led weekend classes for high school students, taught undergraduates at all levels, and organized advanced seminars for graduate students. Together with local mathematics teachers, Zelevinsky helped to organize the Math Circle, which aims to bring research-level mathematicians into contact with K-12 students. Zelevinsky was one of the founders of this program, brought it to Northeastern, and over many years, was one of the main lecturers and organizers.
