Leonid Bunimovich

Leonid Abramowich Bunimovich (born August 1, 1947) is a Soviet and American mathematician, who made fundamental contributions to the theory of dynamical systems, statistical physics, and various applications.

 Bunimovich received his bachelor's degree in 1967, master's degree in 1969, and Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Moscow. His masters and Ph.D. thesis advisor was Yakov G. Sinai. 

Bunimovich is a Regents' Professor of mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and was awarded Humboldt Prize in Physics.