Dimitri Shlyakhtenko is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Mathematics, with a distinguished career in free probability, operator algebras, and von Neumann algebras. He has held leadership roles as Department Chair (2012-2015) and Director of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (2017-). Ph.D. in Mathematics (1997) from UC Berkeley under Dan-Virgil Voiculescu . B.S. with high distinction from the University of Nevada, Reno (1993). His research spans free probability , von Neumann algebras , C*-algebras , L2-invariants , and Poisson geometry . He has pioneered connections between free probability and random matrix theory, subfactor classifications, and non-commutative transport equations. Recent work includes inequalities for free entropy dimension and duality in non-commutative optimal transport. His 15 most recent publications focus on free entropy dimension, crossed products, non-commutative transport, and classification of von Neumann algebras. Topics include non-microstates free entropy , free group factors , quasi-regular inclusions , and type B free probability , with applications to quantum information and ergodic theory. Scientific Awards : Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2001), NSF Fellowships (1994, 1998), Clay Mathematics Institute award (2002), and Bourbaki Seminar recognition (2004). Organized major conferences at Fields Institute, Oberwolfach, IPAM, and UC Berkeley on quantitative linear algebra, free probability, and von Neumann algebras. He has mentored 12 Ph.D. students, including David Jekel and Max Zhou , with research in free analysis and operator-valued distributions. His work also involves collaborations with leading mathematicians like Alain Connes and Sorin Popa .



