Prof. Yan Fyodorov

ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Ron Peled
Department of Theoretical Mathematics

Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor
Academic Year 2026/2027

Education

• M.Sc. in Physics, Leningrad Polytechnical Institute (today St. Petersburg Polytechnic University), Russia (1984)
• Candidate of Science (Ph.D.) in Theoretical Physics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia (1988)
• D.Sc. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia (1994)

Professional Experience

• Chair in Disordered Systems, King’s College London, UK (2016–present)
• Chair in Statistical and Mathematical Physics, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2011–2016)
• Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Nottingham, UK (2005–2011)
• Professor of Mathematical Physics, Brunel University London, UK (2000–2005)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (1991–2000)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1993)

Visiting Positions

• Bessel Research Awardee, University of Cologne, Germany (2006–2007)
• Leverhulme Research Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK (2008)
• Visiting Professor, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (2010)
• Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France (2012)
• Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA (2013)

Fellowships and Memberships

• Editor, Journal of Probability and Mathematical Physics

Awards and Honors

• Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2008)
• F. W. Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2006)
• Institut Henri Poincaré/Gauthier-Villars Prize in Theoretical Physics (1999)

Research Interests

• Theory of Random Matrices
• Statistical Mechanics
• Mathematical Physics of Disordered Systems