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Professor Dr. Burkhard Wilking

Current affiliations

Professur für Differentialgeometrie (Prof. Wilking)

Academic Education
1998	Doctor’s degree (advisor: Prof. W. T. Meyer)
1996	Diplom in mathematics
1991 - 1996	Studies of mathematics at the University of Münster
Work Experience
since 2002	Professor at the University of Münster
2001 - 2002	Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
2000 - 2001	DFG-fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
1999 - 2000	Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania
1996 - 1999	Research Assistant at the mathematical Institute of Münster
1990 - 1991	Military service
Functions and Memberships
	Member of the Fachbeirat of the Max Planck institute Bonn
	Editor of the Münster Journal of Mathematics

Publications

The Ricci flow under almost non-negative curvature conditions Bamler, Richard H.; Cabezas-Rivas, Esther; Wilking, Burkhard (2019) In: Inventiones Mathematicae, 217(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Almost non-negative curvature and rational ellipticity in cohomogeneity two Grove K.; Wilking B.; Yeager J.; Halperin S. (2019) In: Annales de l’Institut Fourier, 69(7) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Revisiting homogeneous spaces with positive curvature Wilking, Burkhard; Ziller, Wolfgang (2018) In: Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 738 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
On the Berger conjecture for manifolds all of whose geodesics are closed Radeschi, Marco; Wilking, Burkhard (2017) In: Inventiones Mathematicae, 210(3) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Riemannian foliations of spheres Lytchak, Alexander; Wilking, Burkhard (2016) In: Geometry and Topology, 20(3) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

CRC 1442 - B01: Curvature and Symmetry Duration: 01/07/2024 - 30/06/2028 \| 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1442 - B02: Geometric evolution equations Duration: 01/07/2024 - 30/06/2028 \| 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1442 - B01: Curvature and Symmetry Duration: 01/07/2020 - 30/06/2024 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1442 - Geometric evolution equations Duration: 01/07/2020 - 30/06/2024 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
EXC 2044 - B1: Smooth, singular and rigid spaces in geometry 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

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Prizes

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt-Preis 2022 Awarded by: Otto und Edith Haupt-Stiftung Award given to: Wilking, Burkhard Announced at: 15/02/2022 \| Date of awarding: 22/04/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Election as Member of the Academia Europaea Awarded by: Academia Europaea Award given to: Wilking, Burkhard Announced at: 01/01/2019 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Election as Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Awarded by: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Award given to: Wilking, Burkhard Announced at: 17/05/2018 \| Date of awarding: 15/05/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Awarded by: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Award given to: Wilking, Burkhard Date of awarding: 01/01/2016 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) Award given to: Wilking, Burkhard Announced at: 15/03/2009 \| Date of awarding: 15/03/2009 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Cohomogeneity one manifolds with positive euler characteristic Candidate: Frank, Philipp \| Supervisors: Wilking, Burkhard Period of time: until 07/07/2011 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Boundary Strata of nonnegatively curved Alexandrov Spaces and a Splitting Theorem Candidate: Wörner, Andreas \| Supervisors: Wilking, Burkhard Period of time: until 14/07/2010 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds Candidate: Amann, Manuel \| Supervisors: Wilking, Burkhard Period of time: until 10/07/2009 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The Action of the Ricci Flow on Almost Flat Manifolds Candidate: Guzhvina, Galina \| Supervisors: Wilking, Burkhard Period of time: until 09/07/2007 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster