Felix Otto | |
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| Born | (1966-05-19)19 May 1966 (age 59) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Known for | Otto–Villani theorem Otto calculus |
| Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006 Blaise Pascal Medal, European Academy of Sciences (2017) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, University of Leipzig, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Bonn, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephan Luckhaus |
Felix Otto (born 19 May 1966) is a German mathematician.
He studied mathematics at theUniversity of Bonn, finishing his PhD thesis in 1993 under the supervision ofStephan Luckhaus.[1]After postdoctoral studies at theCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences ofNew York University and atCarnegie Mellon University, in 1997 he became a professor at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara. From 1999 to 2010 he was professor for applied mathematics at theUniversity of Bonn, and currently serves as one of the directors of theMax Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig.
Otto specialises in materials science, including work on the theory of partial differential equations.[2] He is known for his work on theOtto–Villani theorem and the invention of theOtto calculus.
In 2006, he received theGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of theDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2009, he was awarded aGauss Lecture by theGerman Mathematical Society. In 2008 he became a member of theGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[3] In 2024, he received theCantor medal by theGerman Mathematical Society.[4]
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