The scientist from the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) at the University of Bonn is being recognized with the award for her outstanding work in representation theory, particularly on the topic of categorization. The prize’s generous endowment grants recipients extraordinary freedom in their research.
Catharina Stroppel studied mathematics and theology at the University of Freiburg, where she received her doctorate in mathematics. As a postdoctoral researcher, she conducted research in Leicester, Aarhus and Glasgow. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Bonn since 2008, Deputy Director of the Bonn International Graduate School since 2014, and a member of the University Senate since 2019. Visiting professorships have taken her to Chicago and Princeton among other renowned international locations. Stroppel is involved in the Cluster of Excellence Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) and is on the steering committee of the Transdisciplinary Research Area "Modeling" at the University of Bonn. She received a rare invitation to give a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2022.
In December 2022, the DFG's Joint Committee awarded the 2023 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to four female and six male scientists. They had previously been selected from among 131 proposals by the responsible selection committee. Of the ten award winners, two each come from the humanities and social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering, and four from the life sciences.
Each prize recipient is granted an award of 2.5 million euros. Winning scientists can use these funds for their research work for up to seven years according to their own ideas and without bureaucratic hurdles.
University of Bonn press release: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/284-2022
