Gregory Sivashinsky

Gregory Sivashinsky
Born	(1945-11-21) November 21, 1945 Moscow, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Known for	Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation Michelson–Sivashinsky equation Joulin–Sivashinsky equation Rakib–Sivashinsky equation
Scientific career
Fields	Combustion Mathematical physics
Institutions	Moscow State University Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Tel Aviv University

Gregory I. Sivashinsky (also known as Grisha) is a professor at Tel Aviv University, working in the field of combustion and theoretical physics.

Biography

Sivashinsky was born in Moscow to Israel and Tatiana Sivashinsky. He is married to Terry Sivashinsky. He finished his master's degree at Moscow State University in 1967 and worked as a research assistant there until 1971. He emigrated to Israel in 1971. He was a pupil of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich. He completed his PhD at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1973 and worked as a lecturer there for two years. He joined Tel Aviv University in 1974 and settled there. He is the recipient of Ya.B. Zeldovich Gold Medal from The Combustion Institute and a fellow of The Combustion Institute.

See also

• Norbert Peters
• Forman A. Williams
• Moshe Matalon
• John D. Buckmaster
• Amable Liñán
• Paul Clavin

External links

• Gregory Sivashinsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project