About • (papers) • (CV)

Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Virginia.

Leonid Petrov works in integrable probability, an area of mathematical research at the interface between probability / statistical physics on the one hand and representation theory/quantum integrability on the other. He applies tools from integrability (symmetric functions and Yang-Baxter equations for solvable lattice models) to analyze the asymptotic behavior of stochastic models motivated by a wide range of real-world questions, including the structure of ice and other condensed matter, magnetism, quantum spin systems, thermodynamics, traffic models, and directed polymers.

Keywords: Integrable probability, KPZ universality, interacting particle systems, six vertex model, Yang-Baxter equation, stochastic vertex models, Bethe ansatz, Macdonald processes, random tilings, symmetric functions, algebraic combinatorics

Teaching • (all)

In Spring 2024, I am on sabbatical. I do research at University of Virginia, Queen Mary University of London, and IPAM (UCLA).

Recent news and links

  • Conference Randomness and Lie-Theoretic Structures at University of Virginia, March 4-5, 2024.
  • Students and postdocs

    My Picture at MIT Random tiling

    Mailing Address

    Leonid Petrov
    Department of Mathematics
    University of Virginia
    141 Cabell Drive, Kerchof Hall
    P.O. Box 400137
    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4137