# Sorin Popa

> Sorin Teodor Popa is a Romanian American mathematician working on Von Neumann algebras, C*-algebras, and ergodic theory. More recently he developed deformation-rigidity theory in von Neumann algebras. He is a distinguished professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he holds the Takesaki Chair in Operator Algebras. He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.

*Romanian-American mathematician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1953-03-24
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

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