Ari Laptev (born August 10, 1950) is a mathematician working on the

spectral theory In mathematics, spectral theory is an inclusive term for theories extending the eigenvector and eigenvalue theory of a single square matrix to a much broader theory of the structure of operators in a variety of mathematical spaces. It is a result ...

partial differential equations In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which imposes relations between the various partial derivatives of a multivariable function. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" to be solved for, similarly to ...

. His PhD was obtained in 1978 at Leningrad State University under the supervision of Michael Solomyak.New EMS President and new Vice-President
, Newsletter of the

European Mathematical Society The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians. The current ...

, June 2007, Issue 64; p. 7 He is currently Professor at both the

KTH KTH may refer to: * Keat Hong LRT station, Singapore, LRT station abbreviation * Kent House railway station, London, National Rail station code * KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a university in Sweden * KTH Krynica, a Polish ice hockey team * Khy ...

in Stockholm and

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

. From 2001 to 2003 Laptev served as the President of the Swedish Mathematical Society. In the years 2007–2010 he served as the President of the

Marta Sanz-Solé Marta Sanz-Solé (born 19 January 1952 in Sabadell, Barcelona) is a Catalan mathematician specializing in probability theory. She obtained her PhD in 1978 from the University of Barcelona under the supervision of David Nualart. Career Sanz-Sol� ...

An Introduction to the European Mathematical Society
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. Accessed 2011-05-15. In April 2007 he was awarded the

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award was an award made by the Royal Society from 2000 to 2020. It was administered by the Royal Society and jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK Office of Science and Technology, to provide ...

. He was from 2011 to 2018 the Director of Institut Mittag-Leffler. He is Editor-in-Chief of Acta Mathematica, Editor-in-Chief of Arkiv för Matematik, Deputy Chief Editor of the "Journal of Spectral Theory", Editor of the "Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences", Editor of "Problems in Mathematical Analysis", and Editor of "Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Matematika".

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*http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk/~alaptev/CV/Laptev_CV_Imperial.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Laptev, Ari 1950 births Living people Ukrainian mathematicians Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders Directors of the Mittag-Leffler Institute Presidents of the European Mathematical Society