Angkana Rüland

Angkana Rüland is a Professor at the University of Bonn's Mathematical Institute and holder of the Hausdorff Chair at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), a Cluster of Excellence. She is a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area ‘Modelling’ and a recipient of the prestigious Leibniz Prize (2025). Her research focuses on inverse problems, fractional PDEs, and phase transformations in materials science, with contributions to the Calderón problem and microstructure analysis. She has held positions at Oxford, the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, and Heidelberg University before returning to Bonn in 2023.

Education: She completed her Abitur, bachelor's/masters, and PhD (2014, Hausdorff Memorial Prize) at the University of Bonn, where she also co-founded the Bonn Math Club. Her academic journey includes postdoctoral research at Oxford and leadership roles in Leipzig and Heidelberg.

Research interests span inverse problems (e.g., fractional Calderón problem), material microstructures (shape-memory alloys), and mathematical physics. Her work bridges pure and applied mathematics, addressing questions in elasticity, nonlocal operators, and energy scaling laws.

Scientific awards include the Leibniz Prize (2025) for her groundbreaking research and the Hausdorff Memorial Prize for her doctoral thesis. She aims to use Leibniz Prize funds to strengthen her research group at HCM, furthering interdisciplinary collaborations. Her contributions have positioned Bonn as a global leader in mathematical research, with 20 Leibniz laureates since 1986.