Biography:Gregory Sivashinsky

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Gregory Sivashinsky
Born (1945-10-21) October 21, 1945 (age 78)
Alma materMoscow State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Known forKuramoto-Sivashinsky equation
Michelson-Sivashinsky equation
Scientific career
FieldsCombustion
Mathematical physics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Tel Aviv University

Gregory I. Sivashinsky (also known as Grisha) is a professor at Tel Aviv University, working in the field of combustion and theoretical physics.[1][2]

Biography

Sivashinsky was born in Moscow to Israel and Tatiana Sivashinsky. He is married to Terry Sivashinsky. He finished his master's degree at Moscow State University in 1967 and worked as a research assistant there until 1971. He emigrated to Israel in 1971. He was a pupil of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich. He completed his PhD at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1973 and worked as a lecturer there for two years. He joined Tel Aviv University in 1974 and settled there.[citation needed] He is the recipient of Ya.B. Zeldovich Gold Medal from The Combustion Institute[3] and a fellow of The Combustion Institute.[4]

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