Sivashinsky was born in Moscow to Israel and Tatiana Sivashinsky. He is married to Terry Sivashinsky. He finished his master's degree at
Moscow State University in 1967 and worked as a research assistant there until 1971. He emigrated to Israel in 1971. He was a pupil of
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich. He completed his PhD at
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1973 and worked as a lecturer there for two years. He joined
Tel Aviv University in 1974 and settled there. He is the recipient of Ya.B. Zeldovich Gold Medal from
The Combustion Institute and a fellow of
The Combustion Institute. ==See also==