Maxim Kontsevich(1964)
MathematicsMaxim Lvovich Kontsevich is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015.
Russia
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Major Awards
135
Publications
13,996
Citations
44
h-index
69
i10-index
103.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#4
Pre-Calabi–Yau algebras and topological quantum field theories
European Journal of Mathematics(2025)
4
citations
#6
13
citations
#8
Smooth Calabi–Yau structures and the noncommutative Legendre transform
Journal of Noncommutative Geometry(2023)
6
citations
#9
Burnside rings and volume forms with logarithmic poles
Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly(2023)
4
citations
#10
Analyticity and resurgence in wall-crossing formulas
Letters in Mathematical Physics(2022)
2
citations
Recent Publications
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Pre-Calabi–Yau algebras and topological quantum field theories
European Journal of Mathematics2025
4citations
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When the Fourier transform is one loop exact?
Selecta Mathematica2023
0citations
Open AccessSmooth Calabi–Yau structures and the noncommutative Legendre transform
Journal of Noncommutative Geometry2023
6citations
Burnside rings and volume forms with logarithmic poles
Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly2023
4citations
Analyticity and resurgence in wall-crossing formulas
Letters in Mathematical Physics2022
2citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
TT
Terence Tao
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
SD
Simon Donaldson
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
RE
Richard E. Taylor
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
MM
Maryam Mirzakhani
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
JL
Jacob Lurie
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
EW
Edward Witten
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AL
Andrei Linde
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
JM
Juan Maldacena
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
NS
Nathan Seiberg
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AS
Ashoke Sen
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AG
Alan Guth
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
AK
Alexei Kitaev
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University
University of Bonn
MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
School № 91 (Moscow)
Doctoral Advisors
Serguei BarannikovAlexandre EngoulatovBoris ShoikhetAlexandr UsnichDmitri PanovFabian HaidenTony Yue YuDon Zagier
Career Timeline
Rutgers University?–present
The Institute for Information Transmission Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences1985–1990
University of California, Berkeley1993–1995
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques1995–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)

Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)

Jean Bourgain
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2017)

Gerd Faltings
Abel Prize (2026)

Michel Talagrand
Abel Prize (2024)

Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
VD
Vladimir Drinfeld
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)

Martin Hairer
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2021)

David Spergel
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
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