Artur Ávila

Artur Ávila
Born	29 June 1979 (1979-06-29) (age 32) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence	Paris, France
Nationality	Brazil
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Pierre and Marie Curie University Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Alma mater	Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Doctoral advisor	Welington de Melo
Doctoral students	Maria João Resende
Known for	Dynamical systems Spectral theory
Notable awards	Michael Brin Prize (2011) Herbrand Prize (2009) EMS Prize (2008) Salem Prize (2006)

Artur Ávila Cordeiro de Melo (born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian mathematician working primarily on dynamical systems and spectral theory.

Research and awards

At the age of 16, Ávila won a gold medal at the 1995 International Mathematical Olympiad and received a scholarship for the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada,^[1] where he got his PhD when he was 21 years old.^[2] Later, as a research mathematician, he received in 2006 a Bronze Medal from CNRS as well as the Salem Prize, and was a Clay Research Fellow. In 2008 he was awarded one of the ten prestigious European Mathematical Society prizes, and in 2009 he won the Herbrand Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. He was a plenary speaker at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians. In 2011 he was awarded the Michael Brin Prize.

References

1. ^ Talarico, Bruna (16 January 2010), "Gênio da matemática carioca", O Dia Online, http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/rio/html/2010/1/genio_da_matematica_carioca_59005.html  (Portuguese).
2. ^ Moreira Salles, João (January 2010), "Artur tem um problema", Piauí, http://revistapiaui.estadao.com.br/edicao-40/vultos-das-ciencias/artur-tem-um-problema  (Portuguese).

External links

• Artur Avila's home page
• Artur Ávila at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• Claymath fellow page
• Artur Ávila's results at the International Mathematical Olympiad

Persondata
Name	Avila, Artur
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian mathematician
Date of birth	1979-6-29
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death