Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn Mourns Death of Günter Harder

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Emeritus director of institute passed away at age 87

Bonn, June 11, 2025. The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn mourns the death of Professor Günter Harder, who passed away on Tuesday, June 10, at the age of 87. Günter Harder was a scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 1991 and director from 1995 to 2006. His work area was arithmetic geometry and number theory, and after his retirement he remained a very active emeritus director. Our institute has lost a wonderful person and a great mathematician who will be deeply missed!

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Carlo Pagano awarded André Aisenstadt Prize

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Carlo Pagano of Concordia University, currently a visitor at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, has received the 2025 André Aisenstadt Prize. This celebrates the achievements of young Canadians in both pure and applied mathematics. 

Dennis Gaitsgory awarded 2025 Breakthrough Prize

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MPIM Director Dennis Gaitsgory receives the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, endowed with 3 million US dollars “for foundational works and numerous breakthrough contributions to the geometric Langlands program and its quantum version; in particular, the development of the derived algebraic geometry approach and the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture in characteristic 0”.

Rajula Srivastava awarded the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize

The Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is an annual prize for outstanding women mathematicians who have recently completed their PhD. It consists of a monetary award of $50,000. The prize was awarded together with the Breakthrough Prize 2025 at a red carpet gala ceremony in Los Angeles on April 5th 2025, and has as founding sponsors Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. Rajula Srivastava received her award from Drew Barrymore and Ke Huy Quan.

Doug Ulmer among 2025 AMS Fellows

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Doug Ulmer, currently a visitor at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, was selected as member of the new class of 2025 fellows of the American Mathematical Society. The new group of fellows includes also the former MPIM guests Wiesława Nizioł and Florian Herzig. The prestigious Fellows of the AMS program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

Don Zagier elected to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

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Don Zagier, Director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, was elected as a new member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

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