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Wendelin Werner
Mathematician

Wendelin Werner

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Understanding the geometry of random processes.

Brownian motion · Schramm–Loewner evolution

Born
23 September 1968
Birthplace
Cologne

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Wendelin Werner

French mathematician awarded the 2006 Fields Medal for work connecting probability, planar geometry and mathematical physics.

Early life

France

Moved from Cologne as an infant, studied at the École Normale Supérieure and completed his doctorate in 1993.

Career

  1. 1991–1997

    CNRS

    Worked as a researcher.

  2. 1997–2013

    Paris-Sud

    Held a mathematics professorship.

  3. 2013–2023

    ETH Zurich

    Continued research and teaching in Switzerland.

Contributions

Brownian motion

Studied the geometry of random paths.

Schramm–Loewner evolution

Contributed to its development and applications.

Beyond work

Early acting

Appeared in the 1982 film La Passante du Sans-Souci.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Antoine Taveneaux. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.