HITS group leader Anna Wienhard appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig welcomes Anna Wienhard as its new director. Her newly established research group focuses on fundamental research in the areas of geometry, group theory, and dynamics, and explores applications and interactions with other sciences. Anna Wienhard will be leaving from Heidelberg, where she was professor for mathematics at Heidelberg University and associated group leader at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), in November. Since 2020, she has been Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation.

“We are grateful and proud of Anna, who served for 7 years as associated group leader at HITS”, says Deputy Scientific Director Tilmann Gneiting. “The position of a Max Planck Director is a suitable career step for this outstanding scientist.”  For the time being, jointly appointed members of Anna Wienhards´s “Groups and Geometry” group will stay at HITS, still being involved in interdisciplinary projects with other groups.

See the MPI-MIS press release for more information: https://www.mis.mpg.de/institute/presse/news/anna-wienhard-appointed-director.html