| Alexander Kuznetsov | |
| Birth Date: | November 1, 1973 |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Fields: | Mathematics |
| Workplaces: | National Research University – Higher School of Economics Steklov Institute of Mathematics |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow State School 57 Moscow State University |
| Awards: | EMS Prize (2008) |
Alexander Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Кузнецов, born November 1, 1973) is a Russian mathematician working at the Steklov Mathematical Institute[1] and the Interdisciplinary Scientific Center J.-V. Poncelet, Moscow,[2] and head of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications of the Higher School of Economics.[3] He graduated from Moscow State School 57 in 1990.[4] He received a Ph.D. in 1998 under the supervision of . Kuznetsov is known for his research in algebraic geometry, mostly concerning derived categories of coherent sheaves and their semiorthogonal decompositions.
Kuznetsov received an August Möbius fellowship in 1997.[5] He was awarded a European Mathematical Society prize in 2008.[6] He was an invited speaker at the International Mathematical Congress in Seoul (2014).[7] Kuznetsov is a Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), corresponding member of the RAS (elected in 2016).[8]