Olga A LadyzhenskayaOlga A. Ladyzhenskaya was a prolific Russian mathematician most well known for her work on partial differential equations and fluid mechanics. She authored over 200 hundred research works and became Head of the Mathematical Physics Laboratory of the teklov Institute in 1961. Her many accolades include giving the Emmy Noether lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994; giving the von Neumann lecture, the highest distinction of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, in 1998; and the Lomonosov Gold Medal, the highest award of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in 2002. Read More Read Less