Alexander Lytchak

Alexander Lytchak
Born (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978
Leningrad
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • University of Cologne
  • University of Bonn
Thesis Allgemeine Theorie der Submetrien und verwandte mathematische Probleme  (2001)
Doctoral advisorWerner Ballmann

Alexander Lytchak is a German mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in differential and metric geometry and also as a chess player.[1]

Life and career

Alexander Lytchak was born in 1978 in Leningrad. As a school student, he participated in the Russian mathematical olympiads and in the German national mathematics competition, the Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik. He studied mathematics at the University of Bonn. He earned his PhD in 2001 under the supervision of Werner Ballmann.

In 2012, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Cologne. He later joined the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Awards and honours

  • von Kaven Award for Mathematics (2009).[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Lytchak, Alexander, Dr. at FIDE
  2. ^ Mathematik-Auszeichnung für Bonner Nachwuchsforscher
  3. ^ Differential geometer Alexander Lytchak receives von Kaven Award
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