Michael Kapovich: key obituary facts
Is Michael Kapovich dead? Yes. Michael Kapovich died on June 16, 2026, at age 63.
Cause of death: Michael Kapovich's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Michael Kapovich known for?
He was known as Russian-American mathematician.
More about Michael Kapovich
Born: 13 March 1963.
Place of birth: Khabarovsk.
Gender: male.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS.
Employer: University of California, Davis.
Also known as: Misha Kapovich.
Michael Kapovich, a Russian–American mathematician who worked at the University of California, Davis, died on June 16, 2026.
He was 63. Born in Khabarovsk on March 13, 1963, and also known as Misha Kapovich, he earned his doctorate in 1988 at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics in Novosibirsk.
His research focused on low-dimensional geometry and topology, Kleinian groups, hyperbolic geometry, geometric group theory, geometric representation theory in Lie groups, spaces of nonpositive curvature, and configuration spaces of arrangements and mechanical linkages.