Dr. Kirill Kopotun is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Manitoba, Canada. His previous teaching experience was at the University of Alberta, Canada, and Vanderbilt University, USA. Dr. Kopotun is a holder of numerous grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, Canadian International Development Agency, Department of National Defence, etc. He has over 40 academic publications and has supervised a number of graduate students. His professional activities include talks and presentations in Canada, USA, Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Hungary, Columbia, Spain and Cyprus, to name but a few.

Kirill's research interests center around Analysis, Approximation Theory, Computational and Industrial Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. His personal interests are reading, travel and cultural activities. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada.