Department of Mathematics

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10JUN 2025
Allgemein
Prize for mathematics: FAU awards Staudt Prize
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, in recognition of his pioneering work in modern algebraic topology and in group […]
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22APR 2022
Department of Mathematics
Award of the Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize on April 22nd, 2022
The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize is the highest endowed German prize for mathematics, with up to 25,000 euros, and is awarded by Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Otto and Edith Haupt Foundation. On Friday, 22 April 2022, FAU will award the prize to Prof. Dr. Burkhard Wilking from the University of Münster […]
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16APR 2021
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
New lecture series: 1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium starts on April 22, 2021
PhD students of the Research Training Group GRK 2423 “Fracture across Scales” (FRASCAL) cordially invite you to their new lecture series “1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium”. The inaugural event will be on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm with Alexander Hartmaier from Ruhr-Universität Bochum on “Bridging the scales in fractures and damage mechanics”. The colloquium […]
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10FEB 2021
Department of Mathematics
International research challenge seeks solutions for logistics of the future
The human race is becoming increasingly mobile and long commutes to the workplace are the norm. At the same time, the amount of goods sent via the road network continues to rise. This is causing established transport systems to quickly reach their limits. To relieve the pressure on these systems, the vehicles used for transport […]
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08JAN 2021
Department of Mathematics
Patterns in primordial germ cell migration
Whenever an organism develops and forms organs, a tumour creates metastases or the immune system becomes active in inflammation, cells migrate within the body. As they do, they interact with surrounding tissues which influence their function. The migrating cells react to biochemical signals, as well as to biophysical properties of their environment, for example whether […]
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15MAY 2019
Department of Mathematics
Enrique Zuazua receives Humboldt professorship
The mathematician and FAU representative Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Enrique Zuazua has been awarded a Humboldt professorship. The President of the Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Hans Christian Pape, awarded the prize during a ceremony on 9 May in Berlin. Zuazua is the fifth Humboldt professor at FAU. The award is Germany’s most prestigious prize for international […]
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