Elena Yanovna Braverman (née Lumelskaya, russian: Елена Яновна Браверман) is a Russian, Israeli, and Canadian mathematician known for her research in

delay differential equation In mathematics, delay differential equations (DDEs) are a type of differential equation in which the derivative of the unknown function at a certain time is given in terms of the values of the function at previous times. DDEs are also called tim ...

s, difference equations, and population dynamics. She is a professor of mathematics and applied mathematics at the

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

, and one of the editors-in-chief of the journal '' Advances in Difference Equations''.

Education and career

Braverman is originally from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees at

Perm State University Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; russian: Пермский университет, Пермский государственный университет, , romanised: , ) or PSU, PSNRU (russian: ПГУ, , ...

in 1981 and 1983 respectively. She defended her Ph.D. at

Ural State University The Ural State University (russian: Урáльский госудáрственный университéт и́мени А.М. Гóрького, , often shortened to USU, УрГУ) is a public university located in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sv ...

in 1990. Her dissertation, ''Linear impulsive functional differential equations'', was supervised by Nikolai V. Azbelev. In 1992, she emigrated to Israel, where she took a postdoctoral research position at the

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( he, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technion ...

. She remained in Israel for most of the following decade, with teaching positions at the Technion and at the ORT Braude College of Engineering. After visiting

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

in 2001–2002, she moved to her present position at the University of Calgary in 2002. She was tenured there in 2007 and promoted to full professor in 2011.

Book

Braverman is a co-author of the book ''Nonoscillation Theory of Functional Differential Equations with Applications'' (with Ravi P. Agarwal, Leonid Berezansky, and Alexander Domoshnitsky, Springer, 2012).

Family

Braverman is the daughter of mathematical statistician . Braverman's mother, Ludmila Mikhailovna Tsirulnikova, was also a university-level physics teacher, whose father was Soviet weapons engineer . Braverman is the mother of theoretical computer scientist

Mark Braverman Mark Braverman (born 1948) is an American psychologist and activist for Palestinian rights. He is the executive director of Kairos USA, a pro-Palestinian group for American Christians. Early life and education Braverman was born in 1948 to a Con ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braverman, Elena Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Russian mathematicians Israeli mathematicians Canadian mathematicians Women mathematicians Perm State University alumni Ural State University alumni Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology University of Calgary faculty