Leonid Polterovich (; ; born 30 August 1963) is a Russian-Israeli mathematician at Tel Aviv University. His research field includes symplectic geometry and dynamical systems. A native of Moscow, Polterovich earned his undergraduate degree at Moscow State University in 1984. He moved to Israel after the collapse of communism, earning his doctorate from Tel Aviv University in 1990. In 1996, he was awarded the EMS Prize, and in 1998 the Erdős Prize. In 1998, he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago. References External links Website at Tel Aviv University 1963 births Living people Russian Jews Mathematicians from Moscow Israeli mathematicians Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent Moscow State University alumni Tel Aviv University alumni University of Chicago faculty Russian emigrants to Israel Erdős Prize recipients