Felix Otto (mathematician)
Felix Otto | |
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Born | |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Known for | |
Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006 Blaise Pascal Medal, European Academy of Sciences (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | New York University, Carnegie Mellon University |
Doctoral advisor | Stephan Luckhaus |
Felix Otto (born May 19, 1966) is a German mathematician.
Biography[]
He studied mathematics at the University of Bonn, finishing his Ph.D. thesis in 1993 under the supervision of Stephan Luckhaus.[1] After postdoctoral studies at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University and at Carnegie Mellon University, in 1997 he became a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1999 to 2010 he was professor for applied mathematics at the University of Bonn, and currently serves as one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig.
Honours[]
In 2006, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2009, he was awarded a Gauss Lecture by the German Mathematical Society. In 2008 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2]
References[]
- ^ Felix Otto at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Felix Otto". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- (in German) DFG portrait
- 1966 births
- Living people
- 20th-century German mathematicians
- University of Bonn alumni
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni
- Carnegie Mellon University alumni
- University of Bonn faculty
- University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
- Studienstiftung alumni
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
- 21st-century German mathematicians
- Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- German mathematician stubs