Sergiu Klainerman

Sergiu Klainerman
Sergiu Klainerman in 1978
Born	(1950-05-13) May 13, 1950 (age 74) Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Nationality	Romanian American
Alma mater	University of Bucharest New York University
Awards	Bôcher Prize (1999)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley New York University Princeton University
Thesis	Global Existence for Nonlinear Wave Equations (1978)
Doctoral advisors	Fritz John Louis Nirenberg
Doctoral students	Gustavo Ponce

Sergiu Klainerman (born May 13, 1950) is a mathematician known for his contributions to the study of hyperbolic differential equations and general relativity. He is currently the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, where he has been teaching since 1987.