Mikhail Gelfand

Mikhail Gelfand
Михаил Гельфанд
Gelfand in 2013
Born (1963-10-25) 25 October 1963
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Federation
Alma materMSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Scientific career
FieldsBioinformatics, molecular biology
InstitutionsRussian Academy of Sciences
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Higher School of Economics
Doctoral advisorSimon Gindikin

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gelfand (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Гельфанд; born 25 October 1963) is a Russian Bioinformaticist and molecular biologist. He is a member of Academia Europaea, Vice President Biomedical Research of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, one of the founder of Dissernet plagiarism fighting society and a political activist, former member of Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He is a grandson of a prominent Soviet mathematician Israel Gelfand.