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Past Member

Cristian Popescu

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Number Theory
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Cristian D. Popescu works in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry, with a focus on special values of motivic and p-adic L-functions. While at IAS, Popescu will focus on higher equivariant main conjectures in equivariant Iwasawa theory for Artin motives, on developing an Iwasawa theory for t-motives and other related topics.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Fall

Degrees

Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics
Ph.D.
1996
University of Bucharest, Romania
M.Sc.
1989
University of Bucharest, Romania
B.Sc.
1988

Honors

2015-2016
Simons Fellow, Harvard University
since 2003
Honorary Member of the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
2021
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Class of 2021
2002
The Simion Stoilow Prize of the Romanian Academy

Appointments

University of California, San Diego
2012
Professor of Mathematics
University of California, San Diego
2005–2012
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of California, San Diego
2003–2005
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Johns Hopkins University
2000–2005
Assistant Professor of Mathematics