Felix Otto Scientist

Felix Otto (born May 19, 1966 in Munich) is a German mathematician. 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. In 1999 he became professor for applied mathematics at the University of Bonn. In 2006, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research.

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Felix Otto
Birth dateMay 19, 1966
Birth place
Germany , Munich
Nationality
Germany
Education
University of Bonn

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awards
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
doctoral advisor
Stephan Luckhaus
Field of study
Mathematician

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