Boris Zilber (russian: Борис Иосифович Зильбер, born 1949) is a Soviet-British mathematician who works in

mathematical logic Mathematical logic is the study of formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory. Research in mathematical logic commonly addresses the mathematical properties of formal ...

, specifically model theory. He is a professor of mathematical logic at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. He obtained his doctorate (

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "d ...

) from the

Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk State University is a public research university located in Novosibirsk, Russia. The university was founded in 1958, on the principles of integration of education and science, early involvement of students with research activities an ...

in 1975 under the supervision of Mikhail Taitslin and his habilitation (

Doctor of Sciences Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...

) from the Saint Petersburg State University in 1986. He received the

Senior Berwick Prize The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the ...

(2004) and the Pólya Prize (2015) from the London Mathematical Society. He also gave the

Tarski Lectures The Alfred Tarski Lectures are an annual distinction in mathematical logic and series of lectures held at the University of California, Berkeley. Established in tribute to Alfred Tarski on the fifth anniversary of his death, the award has been give ...

in 2002.

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External links

Prof. Zilber's homepage
20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Living people Academics of the University of Oxford Model theorists Soviet mathematicians Russian mathematicians Scientists from Tashkent Novosibirsk State University alumni 1949 births Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Tarski lecturers Gödel Lecturers {{UK-mathematician-stub