Michael Rapoport

Not to be confused with Michael Rapaport.
Michael Rapoport

Born 6 October 1948 (1948-10-06) (age 63)
Berlin
Nationality  Germany
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Bonn
Alma mater Paris-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisor Pierre Deligne
Known for Works on Shimura variety and Langlands program
Notable awards Leibniz Prize (1992)
Heinz Hopf Prize (2011)

Michael Rapoport (born 2 October 1948)[1] is a German mathematician.

Rappoport received his Ph.D. from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1976, under the supervision of Pierre Deligne.[2] He currently holds a chair for arithmetic algebraic geometry at the University of Bonn.[3] In 1992 he was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,[4] in 1999 he won the Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize,[5] and he is the recipient of the 2011 Heinz Hopf Prize.[6]

Michael Rapoport is the son of Samuel Mitja Rapoport, and brother of Tom Rapoport, both renowned biochemists.

References

  1. ^ Member profile, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Univ. of Bonn, accessed 2011-12-17.
  2. ^ Michael Rapoport at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  3. ^ Faculty profile, Univ. of Bonn, accessed 2011-12-17.
  4. ^ List of Leibniz Prize winners from 1986 to 2011, DFG, accessed 2011-12-17.
  5. ^ Gay-Lussac/Humboldt-Preis für Professor Rapoport (in German), Univ. of Cologne, accessed 2011-12-17.
  6. ^ Laureate 2011, ETH Zurich Mathematics Department, accessed 2011-12-17.