Gerd Faltings

Gerd Faltings
Faltings in 2005
Born (1954-07-28) 28 July 1954
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Münster
Known for
AwardsDannie Heineman Prize (1983)
Fields Medal (1986)
ICM Speaker (1986, 1994)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1988)
Leibniz Prize (1996)
Von Staudt Prize (2008)
Heinz Gumin Prize (2010)
King Faisal International Prize (2014)
Shaw Prize (2015)
ForMemRS (2016)
Cantor Medal (2017)
Pour le Mérite (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for Mathematics
University of Bonn
Princeton University
University of Wuppertal
Doctoral advisorHans-Joachim Nastold
Doctoral students
Websitewww.hcm.uni-bonn.de/people/profile/gerd-faltings/

Gerd Faltings (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈfaltɪŋs] ; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.