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A special honor for a splendid scientist
Former HITS group leader Anna Wienhard received recognition as a “HITS Fellow”, the highest distinction that the institute awards. The award …

HITS group leader Anna Wienhard appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig welcomes Anna Wienhard as its new director. Her newly established …

ERC Advanced Grant for HITS group leader
Mathematician Anna Wienhard has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. She is group leader of the associated “Groups and Geometry” group …

Anna Wienhard appointed new Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
The mathematician Anna Wienhard, HITS group leader and professor at Heidelberg University, will be the new Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg …

Distinction for Anna Wienhard
Anna Wienhard, group leader at HITS and professor at the Mathematical Institute of Heidelberg University, has been elected ordinary member of …

HITS shareholders Heidelberg University and KIT are “excellent”
Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have been awarded the Status of Excellence by the German Council of …

Anna Wienhard receives scholarship from the American Clay Mathematics Institute
Prof. Dr. Anna Wienhard, researcher at the Mathematical Institute at Heidelberg University, receives a research scholarship from the American Clay Mathematics …

HITS researcher Anna Wienhard invited to speak at the ICM
“Groups and Geometry” (GRG) group leader Prof. Anna Wienhard has been invited to present at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). …

Higher Teichmüller theory and Higgs bundles: Hengstberger Symposium in Heidelberg
From November 2 – 6, 2015, Dr. Daniele Alessandrini, Dr. Gye-Seon Lee, and Dr. Ana Peón-Nieto from the Differential Geometry research group at Heidelberg …

How Complex Problems Become Simple
Mathematician Anna Wienhard is the new Research Group Leader at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). In addition to her …