I got my PhD in mathematics under supervision of {{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Ben_Arous|Gerard Ben Arous }} at NYU in 2008. {{ :people:kargin:genealogy:benarous_2006.jpg?direct&150|}} \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ So, my math genealogy is French-oriented.\\ According to {{https://www.mathgenealogy.org|Math Genealogy Project}}, it goes like this: $ \uparrow $ ------------------- {{http://www.math.uh.edu/~razencot|Robert Azencott}} {{ :people:kargin:genealogy:azencott_920x920.jpg?direct&100|}} ,,, Sarah Rothenberg and Robert Azencott,,, ,,,,(photo by Dave Rossman for The Chronicle),,,, $\uparrow$ ------------------------ | {{https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Neveu|Jacques Neveu}}{{ :people:kargin:genealogy:neveu.jpg?direct&100|}} | $\leftarrow$ {{http://serge.mehl.free.fr/chrono/Fortet.html|Robert Fortet}}{{ :people:kargin:genealogy:fortet.jpg?direct&100|}} | $\leftarrow$ {{http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Frechet.html|Maurice Fréchet}} {{ :people:kargin:genealogy:frechet.jpg?direct&100|}} | $\uparrow$ ------------------------ |{{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Hadamard|Jacques Hadamard}} {{ :people:kargin:genealogy:hadamard2.jpg?direct&100|}} | $\leftarrow$ {{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Picard | Émile Picard}} {{:people:kargin:genealogy:portrait_picard.jpg?direct&100|}} | $\leftarrow$ {{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Gaston_Darboux | Gaston Darboux}} {{:people:kargin:genealogy:jean_gaston_darboux_ante_1917.jpg?direct&100|}}| My PhD in Economics was written under supervision of {{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Rosenthal | Robert W. Rosenthal}} who was a mathematically trained economist and who worked in game theory. He taught me a lot about doing research. {{ {{:people:kargin:genealogy:robert_w_rosenthal.jpg?direct&150|}} On this side, my genealogy eventually goes to Germany.