Russian-born sisters to become professors in US at age 19, 21

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

NEW YORK (AFP) — Two Russian-born sisters are due to become assistant professors of finance in New York state later this year, even though they are only 19 and 21, university officials said Wednesday.

Angela Kniazeva and her younger sister Diana were due to take up their new positions in September at the University of Rochester, where half of their students will likely be older than them.

The pair, who already have masters degrees in international policy from Stanford University in California, were picking up their doctorates from New York University's Stern business school on Wednesday after five years of study.

The talented twosome told the New York Post they did not consider themselves geniuses, despite their achievements.

"I don't think this is...