Felix Otto
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| Felix Otto | |
| Born | May 19, 1966 Munich, Germany |
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| Nationality | German |
| Fields | mathematician |
| Institutions | New York University, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Notable awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006 |
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. 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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