Gregory Sivashinsky

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Gregory Sivashinsky
Born (1945-10-21) October 21, 1945 (age 80)
Alma materMoscow State University
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Known forKuramoto–Sivashinsky equation
Michelson–Sivashinsky equation
Joulin–Sivashinsky equation
Rakib–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

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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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