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Jens Marklof
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Marklof in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society
Alma mater Universität Hamburg
Universität Ulm
Awards
  • Whitehead Prize (2010)
  • FRS (2015)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics, Physics
Institutions University of Bristol

Jens Marklof FRS is a German mathematician working in the areas of quantum chaos, dynamical systems, equidistribution, modular forms and number theory. He will be president of the London Mathematical Society in the period 2023-2024.

Marklof is currently professor of mathematical physics at the University of Bristol, UK.

Education

After studying physics at the University of Hamburg, Marklof was awarded a doctorate in 1997 at the University of Ulm.

Awards and honours

In June 2010, Marklof was awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society for his work on quantum chaos, random matrices and number theory. Marklof was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015.

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