Günter Matthias Ziegler (born 19 May 1963) is a German mathematician who has been working as president of the Free University of Berlin since 2018. Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the combinatorics of polytopes.
Biography Ziegler studied at LMU Munich from 1981 to 1984, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1987, under the supervision of Anders Björner. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Augsburg and the Mittag-Leffler Institute, he received his habilitation in 1992 from Technische Universität Berlin, which he joined as a professor in 1995. Ziegler has since joined the faculty of the Free University of Berlin.
Awards and honors Ziegler was awarded the one million Deutschmark by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in 1994 and the 1.5 million Deutschmark Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's highest research honor, by the DFG in 2001.DFG web page listing Ziegler as the Leibniz prize recipient. He was awarded the 2005 Gauss Lectureship by the German Mathematical Society. In 2006, the Mathematical Association of America awarded Ziegler and Florian Pfender its highest honor for mathematical exposition, the Chauvenet Prize, for their paper on kissing numbers.January 2006 prizes and awards, American Mathematical Society..
In 2006 Ziegler became president of the German Mathematical Society for a two-year term. In 2009, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded Ziegler one of the ERC Advanced Grants in the amount of 1.85 million Euros.EU-Grant for BMS Professor Günter M. Ziegler In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01. In 2013, Ziegler was granted the Hector Science AwardHector Science Award ceremony and became a member of the Hector Fellow Academy.Founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy Since 2016, Ziegler has been chair of the Berlin Mathematical School. In 2018, he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (jointly with Martin Aigner) for Proofs from THE BOOK.Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Other activities Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)Supervisory Board Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), member of the board of trustees (since 2018)Board of Trustees German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). Genshagener Kreis, member of the board of trustees (since 2018)Board of Trustees Genshagener Kreis. Einstein Foundation Berlin, Member of the CouncilCouncil Einstein Foundation Berlin. Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), member of the supervisory boardSupervisory Board Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC). Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), member of the board of trustees (since 2018)Board of Trustees Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). Klaus Tschira Foundation, member of the board of trustees (since 2017)Board of Trustees Klaus Tschira Foundation. Urania, Member of the BoardBoard Urania.
Selected publications ; 6th ed, 2018. .
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Further reading . Article in German about Ziegler.
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