George Lusztig

George Lusztig
George Lusztig
Born	May 20, 1946 (age 78); Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania
Citizenship	Romanian, British, American
Alma mater	University of Bucharest (BSc); Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Crystal base; Deligne–Lusztig theory; Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomial
Awards	ICM Speaker (1974, 1983, 1990); Berwick Prize (1977); Guggenheim Fellowship (1982); FRS (1983); Cole Prize (1985); Brouwer Medal (1999) ; Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008); Shaw Prize (2014); Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2022)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Warwick; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Michael Atiyah; William Browder
Doctoral students	Corrado de Concini; Ian Grojnowski; Xuhua He

George Lusztig (born Gheorghe Lusztig; May 20, 1946) is a Romanian-born American mathematician and Abdun Nur Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Norbert Wiener Professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1999 to 2009.

George Lusztig
Born	(1946-05-20) May 20, 1946 (age 78) Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania
Citizenship	Romanian, British, American
Alma mater	University of Bucharest (BSc) Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Crystal base Deligne–Lusztig theory Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomial
Awards	ICM Speaker (1974, 1983, 1990) Berwick Prize (1977) Guggenheim Fellowship (1982) FRS (1983) Cole Prize (1985) Brouwer Medal (1999) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008) Shaw Prize (2014) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2022)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Warwick Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Michael Atiyah William Browder
Doctoral students	Corrado de Concini Ian Grojnowski Xuhua He