Joseph Bernstein

Joseph Bernstein
Joseph Bernstein (picture from MFO)
Born	(1945-04-18) 18 April 1945 (age 79) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Bernstein–Sato polynomial D-modules Bernstein–Gelfand–Gelfand resolution proof of Kazhdan–Lusztig conjectures perverse sheaves
Awards	Israel Prize (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Tel Aviv University Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Israil Gelfand
Doctoral students	Roman Bezrukavnikov Alexander Braverman Edward Frenkel Dennis Gaitsgory Andrei Zelevinsky

Joseph Bernstein (sometimes spelled I. N. Bernshtein; Hebrew: יוס(י)ף נאומוביץ ברנשטיין; Russian: Иосиф Наумович Бернштейн; born 18 April 1945) is a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician working at Tel Aviv University. He works in algebraic geometry, representation theory, and number theory.