Annette Werner facts for kids
Annette Werner (born in 1966) is a German mathematician. She studies special areas of math like diophantine geometry and algebraic geometry. These fields use shapes and equations to solve problems about numbers. She also looks at things called buildings, Berkovich spaces, and tropical geometry, which are different ways to understand complex mathematical spaces. She is currently a professor of mathematics at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Her Journey in Math
Annette Werner started her math journey at the University of Münster. She earned her first degree in mathematics there in 1991. Later, in 1995, she completed her Ph.D. at the same university. Her Ph.D. work was about "Local Heights on Uniformized Abelian Varieties and on Mumford Curves," which sounds complicated but is a deep dive into how certain mathematical shapes behave. She also finished her "habilitation" in Münster in 2000, which is like a second, higher doctorate in Germany.
Where She Has Worked
After her studies, Annette Werner worked at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn from 1997 to 1998. This is a famous place for math research. She then returned to Münster as an assistant until 2003.
In 2004, she became a professor at the University of Siegen. However, in the same year, she moved to the University of Stuttgart. Since 2007, she has been a professor at the University of Frankfurt, where she continues her research and teaching today.
Her Book on Math
Annette Werner has written a book in German called Elliptische Kurven in der Kryptographie. This translates to "Elliptic Curves in Cryptography." The book was published by Springer in 2002. It explains how elliptic curve cryptography works. This is a very important type of math used to keep information safe and secret on the internet, like when you send messages or make online payments.
Special Recognition
In 2010, Annette Werner was honored as an Emmy Noether Lecturer by the German Mathematical Society in Munich. This is a special award given to outstanding women mathematicians in Germany. It recognizes their important contributions to the field of mathematics.
