Academy of Sciences appoints Eva Viehmann as new member

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The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (AWK) has appointed Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann from our Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster as a new member. At the Academy's annual celebration on May 14, the AWK presidency welcomed a total of twelve new members who excel through their expertise and research. The fields of the new members range from historical sciences to photonics. Eva Viehmann was admitted to the Class of Natural Sciences and Medicine.

About Eva Viehmann
Eva Viehmann conducts research in the field of arithmetic geometry, a branch of pure mathematics situated between number theory and algebraic geometry. For many years, mathematicians have suspected deep connections between number theory and representation theory, which explores symmetries in algebraic structures. These connections lie at the heart of the Langlands Program, launched in 1967 by Canadian mathematician Professor Robert Langlands. Eva Viehmann’s research focuses on describing geometric spaces that are designed to realize these hidden links. Her work has significantly advanced the Langlands Program: she has proven mathematical results that were previously only conjectured and has laid important foundations for further major developments in the field. Together with her colleague Urs Hartl, she also introduced a new class of moduli spaces that play a central role in the Langlands program. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to this area, she was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2024.

University Rector Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels (left) and Prof. Dr. Gerd Heusch, President of the NRW Academy, congratulated Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann (second from left) and Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne (art historian at the University of Münster).
University Rector Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels (left) and Prof. Dr. Gerd Heusch, President of the NRW Academy, congratulated Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann (second from left) and Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne (art historian at the University of Münster).
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After completing her PhD at the University of Bonn, Eva Viehmann initially went abroad to conduct research at the Université Paris-Saclay in France and later at the University of Chicago in the United States. She then completed her habilitation at the University of Bonn. This was followed by a Heisenberg scholarship and a professorship at the Technical University of Munich before the Leibniz laureate took up her current position, the Chair of Arithmetic Geometry and Representation Theory at the University of Münster, in 2022, where she now conducts research within the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster.

About the Academy
The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts was founded in 1970. In addition to the sciences, it integrates the arts under its umbrella, making it the only German academy to do so since 2008. Only excellent researchers and artists are accepted as members. Members foster scientific dialogue among themselves as well as exchange with research and cultural institutions in Germany and abroad. According to the statutes, only those who have "distinguished themselves through scientific or artistic achievements" can be elected. Currently, the Academy has around 280 regular and nearly 130 corresponding members.
 

Links:
Press release AWK NRW (14.05.2025) [de]
Press release University of Münster [de]

Cluster profile page of Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann
Insights into Eva Viehmann's research