Nationality German Role Mathematician Alma mater University of Bonn Fields Mathematics | Known for Otto–Villani theorem Name Felix Otto | |
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Born May 19, 1966 (age 58)
Munich, Germany ( 1966-05-19 ) Institutions New York University,
Carnegie Mellon University Notable awards Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006 Education Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, University of Bonn | ||
Doctoral advisor Stephan Luckhaus | ||
Felix Otto (born May 19, 1966 in Munich) is a German mathematician.
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Biography
He studied mathematics at the University of Bonn, finishing his Ph.D. thesis in 1993 under the supervision of Stephan Luckhaus. 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.