Gerhard Huisken#
| Membership Number: | 3739 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mfo.de/about-the-institute/staff/prof.-dr.-gerhard-huisken |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2013 Director, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany
- since 2013 Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tübingen University
- 2002 - 2013 Director, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam
- 1999 - 2000 Visiting Professor, Princeton University
- 1992 - 2002 Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tübingen University
- 1991 - 1992 Reader, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1989 - 1990 Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1986 - 1988 Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1985 Research Associate, Heidelberg University
- 1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Mathematical Analysis, Australian National University, Canberra
Fields of Scholarship
- Analysis
- Differential geometry
- Mathematical relativity
- Geometric flows
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- 2013 Senior Fellowship, Clay Foundation
- 2009 Commemorative Medal, Faculty of Math. & Physics, Charles University Prague
- 2007 Senior Fellowship, Clay Foundation
- 2004 Member, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2003 Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 2003 Honorary Professorship, Free University Berlin
- 2003 Leibniz Preis, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2001 Member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 1991 Medal of the Australian Mathematical Society
