Alexander Soifer

Alexander Soifer is a Russian-born American mathematician and mathematics author.

Soifer obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 and became a professor of mathematics at the University of Colorado in 1979. He was visiting fellow at Princeton University from 2002 to 2004, and again from 2006 to 2007. Soifer also teaches courses on art history and European cinema. His publications include 13 books and over 400 articles.

In 1991, Soifer established ''Geombinatorics'', a quarterly scientific journal of mathematics, and also acts as its publisher with its editorial board through the University of Colorado Colorado Springs as of 2026. The journal covers problems in discrete, convex, and combinatorial geometry, as well as related areas. ''Geombinatorics'' is indexed in Zentralblatt MATH, Excellence in Research for Australia, and MathSciNet.

In July 2006 at the University of Cambridge, Soifer was presented with the Paul Erdős Award by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.

Soifer was the President of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions from 2012 to 2018. His Erdős number is 1. Provided by Wikipedia