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Angkana Rüland elected member of the Leopoldina

Angkana Rüland, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bonn and holder of a prestigious Hausdorff Chair at the HCM, has been elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, on the recommendation of renowned colleagues.

Tingxiang Zou to lead a New Emmy Noether Group

Philosophy at Peking University, Logic in Amsterdam, and then Mathematics in Lyon ... for Tingxiang Zou, borders are an invitation rather than an obstacle. Tingxiang Zou is taking on a big new challenge: She will start leading a newly formed Emmy Noether group at the Mathematical Institute this September, focusing on the Elekes-Szabó problem. The German Research Foundation (DFG) will be providing up to 1.6 million euros in funding for the research group over the next six years. The Emmy Noether Program opens up the possibility for Tingxiang Zou to qualify for a professorship.

Jessica Fintzen new co-chair of the scientific committee of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) welcomes two new Scientific Chairpersons, Jessica Fintzen and Albrecht Schmidt. Jessica Fintzen, professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn and member of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), will guide the HLFF in scientific matters related to mathematics, including helping shape the scientific program of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), the annual event which forms the centerpiece of the foundation’s work.

Shin-ichi Ohta awarded Humboldt Research Prize

Shin-ichi Ohta from the University of Osaka in Japan has scooped a research prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He had been put forward for the €80,000 award by Karl-Theodor Sturm from the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, one of the Clusters of Excellence at the University of Bonn. The two researchers will now be stepping up their collaboration at the interface between geometry and probability.