Olga Holtz
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Olga Holtz is a Russia
n mathematician
who received the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
in 2006 and the European Mathematical Society
Prize (2008). Since 2008, she is a member of the Young Academy (Junge Akademie') of Germany.
selected for a high school that specialized in mathematics, which she graduated from two years later. Holtz attended the Southern Ural State University in Chelyabinsk
(1995) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2000), staying on at the latter until 2002 in a postdoctorate research position after earning her PhD. She then spent 1.5 years in Germany with a Humboldt research fellowship at the Institute of Mathematics of the Technical University Berlin, before returning to the United States in 2004, where she held a Morrey Assistant Professorship at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley
from 2004 to 2007.
After winning a €1,000,000 Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
in 2006, Holtz built her research group at the Technical University Berlin, where she became a Professor of applied mathematics while concurrently serving as an Associate, then Full Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley. Since then, Holtz has garnered additional honors. The European Mathematical Society
awarded
her its 2008 prize, and the European Research Council
a €880,000 Starting Grant in August 2010.
Holtz, who considered a career in music before deciding on mathematics, performs with the Berlin Philharmonic Choir
and practices ballroom dancing.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who received the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
The Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation of Germany bestows the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award every two years. Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first major Russian female mathematician, who made important contributions to mathematical analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman...
in 2006 and the European Mathematical Society
European Mathematical Society
The European Mathematical Society is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians...
Prize (2008). Since 2008, she is a member of the Young Academy (Junge Akademie') of Germany.
Life
Holtz' early mathematical development was largely due to her parents, who were both programmers. At the age of 15, she wasselected for a high school that specialized in mathematics, which she graduated from two years later. Holtz attended the Southern Ural State University in Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
(1995) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2000), staying on at the latter until 2002 in a postdoctorate research position after earning her PhD. She then spent 1.5 years in Germany with a Humboldt research fellowship at the Institute of Mathematics of the Technical University Berlin, before returning to the United States in 2004, where she held a Morrey Assistant Professorship at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
from 2004 to 2007.
After winning a €1,000,000 Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
The Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation of Germany bestows the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award every two years. Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first major Russian female mathematician, who made important contributions to mathematical analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman...
in 2006, Holtz built her research group at the Technical University Berlin, where she became a Professor of applied mathematics while concurrently serving as an Associate, then Full Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley. Since then, Holtz has garnered additional honors. The European Mathematical Society
European Mathematical Society
The European Mathematical Society is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians...
awarded
her its 2008 prize, and the European Research Council
European Research Council
The European Research Council is the independent body that funds investigator-driven frontier research in the European Union . It is part of the Seventh Research Framework Programme ....
a €880,000 Starting Grant in August 2010.
Holtz, who considered a career in music before deciding on mathematics, performs with the Berlin Philharmonic Choir
and practices ballroom dancing.
External links
- Homepage at University of California, Berkeley
- Homepage at TU Berlin
- Holtz entry in the Mathematics Genealogy ProjectMathematics Genealogy ProjectThe Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. As of September, 2010, it contained information on approximately 145,000 mathematical scientists who contribute to "research-level mathematics"...