Zelmanov blev valgt som medlem af [[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]] i 2001,<ref name="Zelmanov"/><ref>[http://www.ams.org/notices/200107/people.pdf National Academy of Sciences Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052751/http://www.ams.org/notices/200107/people.pdf |date= 4. marts 2016 }}, [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] '''48''' (2001), no. 7, p. 722 {{en sprog}}</ref> i en alder af 47 år, hvilket gjorde ham til det yngste medlem af matematikdelen af akademiet.<ref>[http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/science/mczelmanov.htm FIELDS MEDALIST JOINS MATHEMATICS FACULTY AT UCSD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114953/http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/science/mczelmanov.htm |date= 4. marts 2016 }}, [[University of California at San Diego]] news release, October 28, 2002 {{en sprog}}</ref>
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