Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Cuntz

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • C*-algebras
  • K-Theory
  • Noncommutative Geometry

Academic Education

1977Habilitation, Technical University Berlin
1975Ph.D. (summa cum laude), University of Bielefeld
1974Diplom in Mathematics, University of Heidelberg
1969 - 1974Student of mathematics and physics at Heidelberg and Paris with a stipend for gifted students (Studienstiftung)

Work Experience

since 2001Honorary doctor's degree of the University of Copenhagen
since 1997Full professor University of Münster
since 1985Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1988 - 1997Full professor, University of Heidelberg
1984 - 1988Full professor, Université Aix-Marseille II at Luminy
1982 - 1985Associate professor (with tenure), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1978 - 1981Research position at the University of Heidelberg
1976 - 1978Assistant Professor, Technical University Berlin

Functions and Memberships

Editor (together with V. Jones) for a series of volumes on Operator Algebras within the Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Springer Verlag
Member of many national and international Committees (ICM and ECM program committees, evaluation committees for IHES, Mathematics in Norway, several German Universities)
since 2008Editor for Münster Journal of Mathematics
since 2004Member of the board of the Center for Mathematical Physics at Hamburg
since 2000Editor for Journal of Functional Analysis
since 1997Editor for Documenta Mathematica
since 1993Editor for Crelle's Journal (Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik)
2001 - 2009Member and chairman of the board of the Max-Planck institute for Mathematics at Bonn
2000 - 2008Member of the board of the Mathematical Research Institute at Oberwolfach
1996 - 2000Member of the Advisory Board for Commun. Math. Phys.

Appointments

1997Offer to a Professorship, University of Marburg

Publications

Cuntz Joachim, Echterhoff Siegfried, Li Xin (2015)
In: Journal of the European Mathematical Society, 17(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Cuntz Joachim, Deninger Christopher (2015)
In: J. Algebra, 440
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Cuntz Joachim, Deninger Christopher (2014)
In: Münster Journal of Mathematics, 7
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Joachim Cuntz (2013)
In: J. K-Theory, 2013(11(3))
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Cuntz Joachim, Echterhoff Siegfried, Li Xin (2013)
In: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, 64
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/09/2014 - 31/10/2016
Funded by: EU FP 7 - Marie Curie Actions - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/02/2011 - 31/01/2016
Funded by: EC FP 7 - ERC Advanced Grant
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2010 - 30/06/2019 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
Awarded by: German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
Award given to: Cuntz, Joachim
Date of awarding: 15/05/2014
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Awarded by: American Mathematical Society
Award given to: Cuntz, Joachim
Date of awarding: 15/01/2013
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
ERC Advanced Grant
Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Award given to: Cuntz, Joachim
Announced at: 15/11/2010 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2010
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Ehrendoktorwürde
Awarded by: Universität Kopenhagen
Award given to: Cuntz, Joachim
Announced at: 01/01/2001 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2001
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Award given to: Cuntz, Joachim
Announced at: 15/02/1999 | Date of awarding: 15/02/1999
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

Decomposition of simple Cuntz semigroups
Candidate: Engbers, Martin | Supervisors: Cuntz, Joachim
Period of time: 01/04/2009 - 08/12/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
C*-algebras associated to irreversible semigroup dynamical systems
Candidate: Stammeier, Nicolai | Supervisors: Cuntz, Joachim
Period of time: 15/04/2011 - 01/12/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
C*-algebras associated to irreversible semigroup dynamical systems
Candidate: Stammeier, Nicolai | Supervisors: Cuntz, Joachim
Period of time: 01/04/2011 - 13/10/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Nice complete sets of pairwise quasi-orthogonal masas - from the basics to a unique encoding -
Candidate: Krusekamp, Sebastian | Supervisors: Cuntz, Joachim
Period of time: 01/05/2007 - 18/06/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
On the K-theory of crossed product C*-algebras by actions of Zn
Candidate: Barlak, Selcuk | Supervisors: Cuntz, Joachim
Period of time: 01/10/2010 - 03/06/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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