Mathematician Prof Dr Nicolas Perkowski, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and junior professor at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, has been awarded this year's Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The prize is considered the most important award for early-career researchers in Germany. The award ceremony will take place on 28 May in Berlin.
Nicolas Perkowski receives the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize in recognition of his scientific achievements in the field of probability theory. His research focusses on singular stochastic partial differential equations, questions of applied stochastic analysis and robust methods in the field of financial mathematics. Together with co-authors, he has developed a highly regarded alternative approach to solving singular stochastic partial differential equations such as the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation and was also able to prove the uniqueness of energy solutions for these for the first time. Nicolas Perkowski considers the prize a great honour. "I am delighted that my scientific work has been recognised and I am sure that the prize will be an important building block for my future scientific career. I see it as motivation and at the same time as an honour for all young scientists working in Germany."
Nicolas Perkowski studied and completed his doctorate at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin. After a research stay at the Université Paris Dauphine, he returned to his home institution in 2015 as assistant professor (Juniorprofessor) of Stochastic Analysis. Since 2018, he has been working in parallel as a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, funded by the DFG's Heisenberg Programme.
About the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize has been awarded annually since 1977 to outstanding researchers who are at an early stage of their scientific careers and do not yet hold a full professorship. The DFG sees the prize as recognition and at the same time as an incentive to continue their scientific career independently and in a straightforward manner. Since 1980, it has been named after the nuclear physicist and former DFG President Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, during whose term of office (1973-1979) it was first awarded. This year, the DFG is honouring a total of three female and seven male researchers with this special award for early-career researchers in Germany. The prizewinners will receive the award, which is endowed with 20,000 euros each, on 28 May in Berlin.
Further information can be found at
Press release of the German Research Foundation
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