Professor Dr. Wolfgang Lück

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • K-Theory
  • Non-commutative geometry
  • Global Analysis

Academic Education

1989Habilitation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1984Doctorate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1981Diploma

Work Experience

since 01/2010W3-Professor (Hausdorff chair) at the Universität of Bonn
09/1996 - 09/2010Professor of mathematics, WWU Münster
12/1991 - 08/1996Professor of mathematics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
09/1990 - 12/1991Associate professor, University of Kentucky
10/1989 - 08/1990Assistant, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1985 - 1989Research assistant, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1982 - 1985Research associate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Functions and Memberships

since 2010Member of Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences
since 2009President of the Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung
since 2008Member of the Fachkollegium of the German Research Foundation
since 2007Member of the scientific committee of the Mathematische Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
since 07/2007Editor of the Münster Journal of Mathematics
since 01/2007Editor of the Journal of Topology
since 05/2006Editor of the journal "Groups, Geometry and Dynamics"
since 1998Member of the committee of the Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik
2007 - 2009Member of the Feodor-Lynen-Ausschuss of the Alexander von Humboldt- Stiftung

Appointments

05/2010Offer to a Professorship, University of Bonn (rejected)
08/2009Offer to a Professorship, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (rejected)
03/2003Offer to a Professorship, ETH Zurich (rejected)

Publications

Bartels A, Lück W (2010)
In: Lizhen Ji, Kefeng Liu, Shing-Tung Yau (eds.), Cohomology of groups and algebraic K-theory. International Press of Boston.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Kreck M, Lück W (2009)
In: Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 5(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bartels, A.; Lück, W.; Reich, H. (2008)
In: Inventiones Mathematicae, 172(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Lück W (2005)
In: Geom. Topol., 9
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Lück W (2005)
In: J. Algebra Comput., 15
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

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
Duration: 27/05/2010 - 30/06/2019 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 27/05/2010 - 30/06/2019 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 27/05/2010 - 31/05/2013 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 27/05/2010 - 31/12/2011 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Award given to: Lück, Wolfgang
Announced at: 15/02/2008 | Date of awarding: 15/02/2008
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Max Planck Research Award
Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max-Planck-Society
Award given to: Lück, Wolfgang
Date of awarding: 15/11/2003
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Obstructions to Stably Fibering Manifolds
Candidate: Steimle, Wolfgang | Supervisors: Lück, Wolfgang
Period of time: until 07/07/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Proper Actions, Nonlinearity and Homotopy Theory
Candidate: Bárcenas-Torres, Noé | Supervisors: Lück, Wolfgang
Period of time: until 14/01/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
ℓ1- Homology and Simplicial Volume
Candidate: Löh, Clara | Supervisors: Lück, Wolfgang
Period of time: until 28/09/2007
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
On the Stolz conjecture for generalized complete intersections in irreducible, compact, hermitian symmetric spaces
Candidate: Förster, Markus | Supervisors: Lück, Wolfgang
Period of time: until 25/06/2007
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
On the Classifying Space for the Family of Virtually Cyclic Subgroups
Candidate: Weiermann, Michael | Supervisors: Lück, Wolfgang
Period of time: until 24/01/2007
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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