Universität Bonn

Hausdorff Center for Mathematics

The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), established in 2006 as the first German Cluster of Excellence in Mathematics, is a major center for mathematical research and international scientific exchange. Its spectrum ranges from pure and applied mathematics to interdisciplinary research, including theoretical economics. HCM features the Hausdorff Research Institute (HIM) with its trimester programs and the Hausdorff school for Mathematics (HSM) which is the central institution serving all early-career researchers in mathematics at Bonn: from doctoral students to advanced postdocs.

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News and Highlights

Hausdorff Memorial Prize awarded to Meike Neuwohner and Radu Toma
As every year, the Department of Mathematics awards the Hausdorff Memorial Prize to the best dissertation in mathematics. As there were two outstanding nominations from very different mathematics disciplines this year, the jury decided to award the Hausdorff Memorial Prize for the academic year 2023/2024 twice: to Meike Neuwohner and Radu Toma. Herbert Koch, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, presented the award on January 15.
Hausdorff Chair
We look forward to filling one Hausdorff Chair which corresponds to full professorship with tenure. The position will be devoted to Theoretical Mathematics.
Sara Vera Hahner and Rebecca Maria Siebert receive the Ada Lovelace Prize
Sara Vera Hahner was honored for her PhD thesis (supervisor: Jochen Garcke), Rebecca Maria Siebert for her bachelor thesis (supervisor: Jürgen Dölz). This is Vera Hahner's second Ada Lovelace Prize.
Angkana Rüland receives Leibniz Prize
In recognition of her excellent research, Angkana Rüland receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, which is endowed with 2.5 million euros. The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced this today. The researcher from the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) at the University of Bonn is honored with the award for her outstanding work. The mathematician at the Cluster of Excellence HCM is being recognized for her outstanding work in mathematical analysis, particularly on models for microstructures in phase transitions in solids and inverse problems with non-local operators. The highly endowed prize permits a large degree of freedom in research. 

Fields Medalists                          

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Peter Scholze

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Gerd Faltings

Leibniz Prizes                         

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Angkana Rüland

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Catharina Stroppel

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Peter Scholze

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Wolfgang Lück

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Felix Otto

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Stefan Müller

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Gerd Faltings

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Michael Rapoport

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Günter Harder

Hausdorff Chairs

The Hausdorff Chairs make it possible to complement the faculty without the usual constraints in terms of timing and fields. We seek internationally outstanding scientists who fit into the broad spectrum of the Hausdorff Center.

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Stefan      
Müller

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Sven
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Lisa
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Felix Hausdorff

The center is named after the famous mathematician Felix Hausdorff. Felix Hausdorff was born on 8 November 1868 in Breslau as the son of a Jewish merchant. He was appointed associate professor in Bonn in 1910 and assumed a full professorship in 1913 in Greifswald. He returned to Bonn in 1921 to continue his work until 1935. During the national socialist regime, he suffered increasing harassment and humiliation until 26 Januar 1942, when he and his wife chose suicide over imminent deportation to a concentration camp. With his masterpiece Grundzüge der Mengenlehre (1914), Hausdorff established topology as an independent discipline in mathematics. In addition, Hausdorff made significant contributions to general and descriptive set theory, measure theory, algebra, functional anaylsis, probability theory, and insurance mathematics.

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Bonn Junior Fellows

The BJF program offers attractive positions in an outstanding scientific environment to excellent researchers at an early stage of their careers. It provides a springboard to  prestigious permanent positions worlwide.

Johannes 
Alt

Florian 
Brandl

Christian
Brennecke

Laurent 
Côté

Gregor
Gantner

Giles
Gardam

Barbara
Verfürth

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