International Programmes at Mathematics Münster

We are delighted to welcome the new fellows of the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) Fellowship Programme to Münster. Ester Kitengu, Herimamy T. Rafenomanantsoa, and Joseline Doriane Simo Tekeu will be working on their projects within different research groups over the next months. Read their introductions on our website.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Mirna Džamonja (Associate Researcher at IHPST (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne) and IRIF (Université Paris Cité)) as a Münster Research Fellow. Mirna Džamonja is a logician who mostly works in set theory, specialising in combinatorial set theory. During her stay at our Cluster in October 2024, she collaborates with Ralf Schindler on questions that connect inner model theory and combinatorial properties of ultrafilters and forcing.

We are happy about the stay of Prof. Dr. John R. Steel (UC Berkeley) as a Münster Research Fellow at the Cluster. He is one of the best set theorists worldwide. He keeps producing seminal results in descriptive set theory as well as in inner model theory. He has been a coorganiser of the "Münster meetings in inner model theory" for many years, putting a lot of energy into the promotion of young students. During his stay at our Cluster in September he continued his collaborations with Ralf Schindler.

We welcome Dr. Amandine Escalier as a new Young Research Fellow at our Cluster. She works in geometric group theory and measured dynamics at Université Lyon 1. She plans to work with Linus Kramer on graph products and right-angled Artin groups, and with David Kerr on orbit equivalence of measurable actions.

We welcome Dr. Simone Cecchini as a new Young Research Fellow at our Cluster. He is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University and works at the interface of global analysis and topology. During his visit to Münster, he will continue his longstanding collaboration with Rudolf Zeidler on scalar curvature rigidity questions and exchange ideas with other scientists at Mathematics Münster.

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Alexander Marynych (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine) to Mathematics Münster as a Münster Research Fellow starting July 15. Previously, he spent several months at the Cluster as a Humboldt Fellow. Alexander Marynych is a Ukrainian probabilist who continues the traditions of the world-famous Kyiv school in the theory of stochastic processes. During his research stay in Münster, Alexander Marynych plans to continue his collaboration with several members of the Institute of Mathematical Stochastics.

We are delighted that Dr. Philipp Reiser joins our Cluster as a new Young Research Fellow. He is motivated by the long-standing question of how the topology and geometry of Riemannian manifolds interact. During his stay at Mathematics Münster from 1st to 26th July 2024, he is especially collaborating with Masoumeh Zarei.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Dima Sinapova from Rutgers University as a Münster Research Fellow. She is one of the leading experts worldwide on the study of aspects of the failure of the Singular Cardinal Hypothesis (SCH). During her stay at our Cluster in June 2024 she will continue her collaborations with Ralf Schindler.

The fellows 2023/2024 of the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) Fellowship Programme and representatives of the YAM network from Berlin, Bonn and Heidelberg and Münster met this Monday, 17 June, at Mathematics Münster for the final meeting.

We welcome Dr. Volker Schlue as a Visiting Scholar (on leave from the University of Melbourne). His stay is funded by the Humboldt Foundation. Volker is a promising mathematician in general relativity and nonlinear wave equations. He joined our Cluster in April 2024. During his extended stay at our Cluster until February 2025, he will contribute actively to all activities in the research group of Prof. Gustav Holzegel.

The "Young African Mathematicians Fellowship Programme" enables talented and highly motivated master's graduates from Africa to further their academic development in a stimulating, international environment and lay down a solid foundation for their own careers. Since October, for the first time, three YAM fellows have been conducting research at Mathematics Münster.

We welcome Dr. Thomas Leblé (Université de Paris Cité) as a Münster Research Fellow. He is a promising mathematician in probability theory and mathematical physics. During his stay at our Cluster from 19 February to end of March 2024 he will continue his collaborations with Martin Huesmann.

It's official now: The Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster has signed a cooperation agreement with the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. We spoke with Thomas Nikolaus, spokespersonof Mathematics Münster, about the background and opportunities of this collaboration.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Martin J. Gander (University of Geneva) as a Münster Research Fellow. He is a renowned mathematician in numerical analysis and scientific computing. During his stay at our Cluster in October and 04 - 08 December 2023 he will continue his collaborations with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger and with Dr. Stephan Rave on localized model order reduction and domain decomposition methods and will plan new projects with further members of Mathematics Münster.

The first scholarship holders have made it: Anupam Datta, Zhuang Kang and Shervin Sorouri, who were supported by Mathematics Münster with a full-time scholarship during their master's studies, have finished their studies in Münster and received their certificates. The international students have had many valuable experiences in Münster over the past two years, as they report here themselves.

Two strong research institutions have now agreed on an intensive cooperation: Mathematicians from the University of Münster and researchers from the "Instituto de Matemática e Estatística" of the "Universidade de São Paulo" (IME-USP) will cooperate in the field of geometry for twelve months as part of the FAPESP-SPRINT funding programme.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Duong H. Phong (Columbia University) as a Münster Research Fellow. He is known for his research on complex analysis, partial differential equations, string theory and complex geometry. During his stay at our Cluster from 30 July to 30 August 2023 he is collaborating with Dr. Bianca Santoro, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Hein and other members of the complex geometry group in Mathematics Münster.

The new holders of the scholarships for excellent international master’s students have arrived: Yassaman Jafarabadi, Vindula Kumaranayake and Devansh Sehta started their studies at the University of Münster in October. They are supported by full grant scholarships awarded by the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster. In interviews, they tell us why they chose Münster, which mathematical topics they will focus on and what they hope to achieve during their time here.

The first short-term scholarship for international master's students in mathematics has been awarded to José Rafael Santiago. The Venezuelan has recently arrived in Münster and will spend six months at the University of Münster, funded by the new scholarship programme of the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster.

After some organisational obstacles, Anupam Datta, Zhuang Kang and Shervin Sorouri have arrived in Münster and started their studies at Münster University. They are the first international students to receive the new full grant master’s scholarships. In this way, the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster aims to support outstanding young mathematicians and attract them to Münster.