Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman

Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto St. George and the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He holds a PhD from MIT (2015) and a BS with Honors from Stanford (2010). His research focuses on Partial Differential Equations, General Relativity, and Geometric Analysis, with particular emphasis on black hole dynamics, gravitational stability, and mathematical physics.

He has been supported by an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and NSERC grants (RGPIN-2021-02562 and DGECR-2021-00093). His work includes groundbreaking studies on naked singularities, wave equations on Kerr spacetimes, and the Einstein vacuum equations. He currently advises PhD student Avyay Venkat Viswanath.

Key research contributions span topics like mode stability, decay estimates for linear waves, and the interplay between geometric analysis and general relativity. His recent articles explore self-similar solutions to Einstein equations and Cauchy horizon instabilities, advancing theoretical frameworks for understanding spacetime singularities and black hole physics.