Paul Ian Biran ( he, פאול בירן; born 25 February 1969) is an Israeli

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

. He holds a chair at ETH Zurich. His research interests include symplectic geometry and algebraic geometry.

Education

Born in

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in 1969, Biran's family moved to Israel in 1971. He attended

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1997 under supervision of

Leonid Polterovich Leonid Polterovich ( he, ליאוניד פולטרוביץ; russian: Леонид В. Полтерович; born 30 August 1963) is a Russian-Israeli mathematician at Tel Aviv University. His research field includes symplectic geometry and dynam ...

(thesis: ''Geometry of Symplectic Packing'').

Career

From 1997 to 1999, Biran was a "Szego Assistant Professor" at Stanford University. At

, he was a lecturer from 1997 to 2001, a senior lecturer from 2001 to 2005, an associate professor in 2005, and a full professor in 2008. In 2009, Biran became a full professor of mathematics at ETH Zurich.

Awards

Biran was awarded the Oberwolfach Prize in 2003, the

EMS Prize 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 ...

in 2004, and the

Erdős Prize The Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics is a prize given by the Israel Mathematical Union to an Israeli mathematician (in any field of mathematics and computer science), "with preference to candidates up to the age of 40." The prize was ...

in 2006. In 2013 he became a member of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founde ...

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