Yakov Eliashberg
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Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg is an American mathematician who was born in Leningrad, USSR. He is the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. His research intere
Eliashberg in 2016.
Yakov Eliashberg in 1988
Yakov Eliashberg, Crafoord Prize Laureate in Mathematics 2016, with King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016
John Pardon
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John Vincent Pardon is an American mathematician who works on geometry and topology. He is primarily known for having solved Gromov's problem on distortion of knots, for which he received the 2012 Mor
Yakov Eliashberg
…Distinguished Visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. As of 2026, he supervised 43 PhD students, including Eric Katz, Emmy Murphy and John Pardon. Eliashberg's research interests are in differential topology, especially in symplectic and contact topology…
Pardon in 2026