László Lovász(1948)

Mathematics

László Lovász is a Hungarian mathematician and professor emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University, best known for his work in combinatorics, for which he was awarded the 2021 Abel Prize jointly with Avi Wigderson. He was the president of the International Mathematical Union from 2007 to 2010 and the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 2014 to 2020.

4
Major Awards
474
Publications
42,194
Citations
90
h-index
248
i10-index
89
Avg Citations/Paper

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD

Mathematics

Education

Eötvös Loránd University
Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium

Doctoral Advisors

László PyberAndrás FrankLajos SzilassiVan H. VuGyula Y. KatonaAndrás RecskiAndrew John BeveridgeLászló LiptákAndrew Valeri KotlovFang ChenGyörgy TuránRozália JuhászJános KincsesWolfgang Manfred SchmidtTibor Gallai

Career Timeline

Yale University?–present
Hungarian Academy of Sciences?–present
Eötvös Loránd University2000–present

Positions & Roles

presidentpresident of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Academy Memberships

National Academy of Sciences (US)Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences

Data Sources

Profile data aggregated from OpenAlex, Wikidata, ORCID, and curated award records. Citation metrics may vary between sources.