Günter M. Ziegler
Günter Matthias Ziegler | |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Free University of Berlin |
Doctoral advisor | Anders Björner |
Doctoral students | Karim Adiprasito |
Günter Matthias Ziegler (born 19 May 1963) is a German mathematician who has been serving as president of the Free University of Berlin since 2018.[1] Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the combinatorics of polytopes.
Biography
Ziegler studied at the
Awards and honors
Ziegler was awarded the one million
In 2006 Ziegler became president of the German Mathematical Society for a two-year term.[3] In 2009, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded Ziegler one of the ERC Advanced Grants in the amount of 1.85 million Euros.[6] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7] In 2013 Ziegler was granted the Hector Science Award[8] and became a member of the Hector Fellow Academy.[9] Since 2016 Ziegler has been chair of the Berlin Mathematical School. In 2018 he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (jointly with Martin Aigner) for Proofs from THE BOOK.[10]
Other activities
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[11]
- German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), member of the board of trustees (since 2018)[12]
- Genshagener Kreis, member of the board of trustees (since 2018)[13]
- Einstein Foundation Berlin, Member of the Council[14]
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), member of the supervisory board[15]
- Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), member of the board of trustees (since 2018)[16]
- Klaus Tschira Foundation, member of the board of trustees (since 2017)[17]
- Urania, Member of the Board[18]
Selected publications
- ISBN 3-540-63698-6; 6th ed, 2018.
- Ziegler, Günter M. (1995), Lectures on Polytopes, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 152, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag.
- MR 1165537
References
- ^ President, 2011-06-15
- ^ a b "Mathematics People" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society: 511–513, May 2001
- ^ a b c January 2006 prizes and awards, American Mathematical Society.
- ^ DFG web page listing Ziegler as the Leibniz prize recipient.
- ^ Pfender, Florian; Ziegler, Günter M. (September 2004), "Kissing numbers, sphere packings, and some unexpected proofs" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society: 873–883.
- ^ EU-Grant for BMS Professor Günter M. Ziegler
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ Hector Science Award ceremony
- ^ Founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
- ^ Supervisory Board Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).
- ^ Board of Trustees German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
- ^ Board of Trustees Genshagener Kreis.
- ^ Council Einstein Foundation Berlin.
- ^ Supervisory Board Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC).
- ^ Board of Trustees Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
- ^ Board of Trustees Klaus Tschira Foundation.
- ^ Board Urania.
Further reading
- Drösser, Christoph (September 13, 2007), "Ein etwas anderer Streber", Die Zeit. Article in German about Ziegler.
External links
- Ziegler's homepage at the Free University
- Günter M. Ziegler in the German National Library catalogue
- Günter M. Ziegler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Günter M. Ziegler publications indexed by Google Scholar