Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Shokurov

Abstract

On 18 May 2020, Vyacheslav Shokurov, a great scientist, leading researcher at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor of Mathematics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, turned 70 years old. Vyacheslav Shokurov is a world-leading expert in birational algebraic geometry, who has completely reshaped this area of modern mathematics. His novel research, which often used amazing approaches, underlies many current trends in this area. The impact he has had on higher-dimensional birational geometry with his deep insight, new methods, and prophetic conjectures (many of them still open) cannot be overestimated. Vyacheslav Shokurov was born in Moscow. He was educated in High School no. 2, one of the best mathematical schools in Moscow at the time. Many former students of this school became famous scientists in their later lives. Among his mathematics teachers in the school were several faculty members of Moscow State University, and some students from this university were assisting. One of these