Ulrike Tillmann
Ulrike Tillmann | |
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| Born | Ulrike Luise Tillmann 12 December 1962 |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University Stanford University Bonn University |
| Awards | Whitehead Prize (2004) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Ralph Cohen |
| Website | people |
Ulrike Luise Tillmann FRS (born 12 December 1962) is a mathematician specializing in algebraic topology, who has made important contributions to the study of the moduli space of algebraic curves. She is titular Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.[1][2]
Education
She received a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1985 and M.A. from Stanford University in 1987. She read for a PhD under the supervision of Ralph Cohen at the Stanford University and was awarded her degree in 1990.[1][3] She was awarded Habilitation in 1996 from Bonn University.[2]
Awards and honours
In 2004 she was awarded the Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society.[4]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008[5] and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013.[6]
Personal life
Tillmann's parents are Ewald and Marie-Luise Tillmann. In 1995 she married Jonathan Morris with whom she has had three daughters.[2]
References
- ^ a b Ulrike Tillmann (2008), Curriculum Vitae (PDF), retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ a b c "Who's Who 2009: New Names" (PDF). The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Ulrike Tillmann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ The London Mathematical Society (2004), Annual Report 2004 (PDF).
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Rhede
- Women mathematicians
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Female Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- Topologists
- German mathematicians
- Whitehead Prize winners
- Brandeis University alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Academics of the University of Oxford
- Fellows of Merton College, Oxford