6. Stanislav Smirnov
We are continuing our list of best mathematicians in the world today with Stanislav that was born in 1970 in the Russian city of Leningrad. He attended St. Petersburg University where he graduated in 1992, and in 1996 he got his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology.
He became famous for his work in complex analysis, dynamic system and probability theory.
His first award was the Petersburg Mathematical Society Award in 1997 and in 2001 he got three more, including the Clay Research Award. By 2010 he got two more, and in 2010 he got the most prestigious award any mathematician can get – the Field Medal for his research on percolation theory.
