Simion Filip

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|birth_place = Chișinău, Moldova

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|thesis_title = Teichmüller dynamics and Hodge theory

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Simion Filip is a mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago who works in dynamical systems and algebraic geometry.

Early life and education

Filip was born in Chișinău, where he grew up and attended the Moldo-Turkish "Orizont" Lyceum, graduating in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2008/09/07/students-honored-opening-exercises|title=Students honored at Opening Exercises|publisher=Princeton University|date=September 7, 2008|access-date=March 17, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://diez.md/2020/05/31/cu-studii-la-harvard-cambridge-si-princeton-cine-este-simion-filip-matematicianul-moldovean-care-a-devenit-laureat-al-premiului-societatii-europene-de-matematica/|title=Cu studii la Harvard, Cambridge și Princeton. Cine este Simion Filip, moldoveanul care a devenit laureat al premiului Societății Europene de Matematică|language=ro|website=diez.md|first=Liubomir|last= Guțu|date=May 31, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021}} He is a dual citizen of Romania and Moldova.{{cite web |url=https://math.uchicago.edu/~sfilip/CV_sfilip.pdf |website=Simion Filip |title=CV |accessdate=November 18, 2023}} In 2004 and 2005, Filip won a bronze medal and a silver medal respectively while representing Moldova at the International Mathematical Olympiad.{{cite web |url=https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=7955 |website=International Mathematical Olympiad |title=Simion Filip |access-date=March 11, 2021}}

Filip graduated with an A.B. in mathematics from Princeton University in 2009. He attended Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge where he received a master's degree with distinction in 2010. He received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Alex Eskin at the University of Chicago in 2016.{{MathGenealogy|id=208022}}

Career

Filip spent two postdoctoral years as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University from 2016 to 2018, and another year at the Institute for Advanced Study. He joined the University of Chicago as an associate professor in 2019 and became a full professor in 2023.

Awards

Filip received a five-year Clay Research Fellowship lasting from 2016 to 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.claymath.org/people/simion-filip |title=Simion Filip |website=Clay Mathematics Institute |access-date=March 11, 2021}} In 2020, Filip was one of the recipients of the EMS Prize.{{cite web |url=https://8ecm.si/prizes/53 |title=Simion Filip EMS Prize winner |website=8th European Congress of Mathematics |accessdate=March 11, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://euro-math-soc.eu/news/20/05/8/prize-winners-announced |website=European Mathematical Society |title=Prize Winners Announced |first=Vicente |last=Muñoz |date=May 8, 2020 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}