Mikhail Alfimov
- Research Fellow: International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms
- Research Fellow: Faculty of Mathematics
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Mathematics / Joint Department with The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Mikhail Alfimov has been at HSE University since 2016.
Education and Degrees
École normale supérieure
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, DGAP
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Lecturers" (2020–2021)
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1A. Kurakin Dual description of integrable quantum field theories
Courses (2025/2026)
- Differential Equations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Discrete Mathematics and Topology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Introduction to Discrete Mathematics and Topology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Groups and Representations for Physicists 1 (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Groups and Representations for Physicists 2 (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Classical Field Theory (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Integrability in Quantum Field Theory 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Integrability in Quantum Field Theory 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Theory of Complex Functions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Theory of Complex Functions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Differential Equations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Integrable Quantum Field Theory 1" (Optional course (faculty); 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Integrable Quantum Field Theory 2" (Optional course (faculty); 3, 4 module)Eng
- Theory of Complex Functions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics, field of study Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology, field of study Biology; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theoretical Basics of the School Mathematics 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Theoretical Basics of the School Mathematics 2 (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Theory of Complex Functions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics, field of study Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Differential Equations (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Geometry (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Mechanics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Mechanics" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics field of study Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Linear Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology field of study Biology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Integrability in Quantum Field Theory 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Integrability in Quantum Field Theory 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2024
IV Workshop on nonlinear systems (Гебзе). Presentation: On beta-function of N=2 supersymmetric integrable 2D sigma models
Fields and Strings'24 (Москва). Presentation: Checkerboard CFT
Efim Fradkin Centennial Conference (Москва). Presentation: On dual description of 2D integrable sigma models
XIX International Conference on Symmetry Methods in Physics (Ереван). Presentation: On dual description of 2D integrable sigma models
Integrable systems and quantum theory 2024 (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Checkerboard CFT
- 2023
Integrability, duality and related topics (Пхохан). Presentation: On beta-function of N=2 supersymmetric integrable 2D sigma models
- 2022
XVIII International Conference on Symmetry Methods in Physics (Ереван). Presentation: On loop corrections to integrable 2D sigma model backgrounds
- 2020
OKC/Nordita High-Energy Physics Seminar (Стокгольм). Presentation: On dual description of the deformed OSp(N|2m) sigma models
- 2019
The XXVIth International Conference on Integrable Systems and Quantum Symmetries (Прага). Presentation: On dual description of the deformed OSp(N|2m) sigma models
Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems 2019 (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: On dual description of the deformed OSp(N|2m) sigma models
- 2018
Operators, Functions, and Systems of Mathematical Physics Conference (Баку). Presentation: On the applications of AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve to BFKL spectrum of N=4 SYM
- 2017
GATIS mini-conference (Дублин). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with nonzero conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve
Higher Spin Theory and Holography (Москва). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve
Integrability in Gauge and String Theory (Париж). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with nonzero conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve
Workshop on Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems (Дубна). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with nonzero conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve
- 2016
Twelfth Workshop on Non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (Париж). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with nonzero conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve
Twelfth Workshop on Non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (Париж). Presentation: QCD Pomeron with nonzero conformal spin from AdS/CFT Quantum Spectral Curve