Felix Otto (mathematician)

Felix Otto (born 19 May 1966) is a German mathematician.

Felix Otto
Otto at Oberwolfach, 2009
Born (1966-05-19) 19 May 1966
Munich, Bavaria
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Known forOtto–Villani theorem
AwardsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006
Blaise Pascal Medal, European Academy of Sciences (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsNew York University,
Carnegie Mellon University
Doctoral advisorStephan Luckhaus

Biography

He studied mathematics at the University of Bonn, finishing his PhD 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
  1. Felix Otto at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. "Felix Otto". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 May 2021.


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