Nationality Russian and British Doctoral advisor Vadim Malyshev Residence England, United Kingdom Thesis 1976 | Institutions University of Durham Name Mikhail Menshikov Fields Mathematician | |
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Born January 17, 1948 (age 76) Moscow ( 1948-01-17 ) Doctoral students Sergei ZuevKonstantin PelikhInna AsymontStanislav VolkovSergei PopovMarina VachkovskayaValentin SiskoAndrew Wade | ||
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Menshikov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ме́ньшиков, born 1948) is a Russian-British mathematician with publications in areas ranging from probability to combinatorics. He currently holds the post of Professor in the University of Durham.
Menshikov has made a substantial contribution to percolation theory and the theory of random walks.
Menshikov was born in Moscow and went to school in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He studied at Moscow State University earning all his degrees up to Candidate of Sciences (1976) and Doctor of Sciences (1988). After briefly working in Zhukovsky, Menshikov worked in Moscow State University for many years. His career then took him to the University of Sao Paulo before becoming a professor at the University of Durham, where he currently resides.