Wendelin Werner | |
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![]() Werner in 2007 | |
Born | |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie |
Awards | Heinz Gumin Prize (de) (2016) Fields Medal (2006) Pólya Prize (2006) Loève Prize (2005) Grand Prix Jacques Herbrand (2003) Fermat Prize (2001) EMS Prize (2000) Prix Paul Doistau–Émile Blutet (1999) Davidson Prize (1998) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | CNRS Université Paris-Sud ETH Zurich University of Cambridge |
Thesis | Quelques propriétés du mouvement brownien plan (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Jean-François Le Gall |
Doctoral students | Vincent Beffara (de), Julien Dubédat (de) |
Wendelin Werner (born 23 September 1968) is a German-born French mathematician working on random processes such as self-avoiding random walks, Brownian motion, Schramm–Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematical physics. In 2006, at the 25th International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain he received the Fields Medal "for his contributions to the development of stochastic Loewner evolution, the geometry of two-dimensional Brownian motion, and conformal field theory". He is currently Rouse Ball professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.