Mikhail Khovanov

Mikhail Khovanov (Russian: Михаил Гелиевич Хованов; born 13 January 1972) is a Russian professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University who works on representation theory, knot theory, and algebraic topology. He is known for introducing Khovanov homology for links,^[1][2] which was one of the first examples of categorification.

Mikhail Khovanov
Михаил Гелиевич Хованов
Born	(1972-01-13) January 13, 1972 (age 53) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian, American
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Professor of Mathematics
Employer(s)	University of California, Davis Columbia University Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Khovanov homology, categorification
Notable work	A categorification of the Jones polynomial
Relatives	Tanya Khovanova (half-sister)
Website	sites.google.com/view/mkhovanov/

Education and career

Khovanov graduated from Moscow State School 57 mathematical class in 1988.^[3] He earned a PhD in mathematics from Yale University in 1997,^[4] where he studied under Igor Frenkel.^[5]

Khovanov was a faculty member at UC Davis before moving to Columbia University.^[6]

He is a half-brother of Tanya Khovanova.