Dr Jonathan Gruber wins the 2024 Prix Schläfli in Mathematics

© 2024 Phyllis Kai Ling Brown

© 2024 Phyllis Kai Ling Brown

Dr Jonathan Gruber (GR-TES) was awarded the 2024 Prix Schläfli in Mathematics for his thesis called "Generic direct summands of tensor products for simple algebraic groups and quantum groups at roots of unity". 

Dr Jonathan Gruber, former PhD student of Professor Donna Testerman (GR-TES), won the 2024 Prix Schläfli in mathematics for his findings made in his dissertation. Four best dissertations in natural scinces won a Schläfli price, one in Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Geoscience. Through this prize, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) singles out the four most significant insights of young researchers at Swiss universities. The Prix Schläfli has been awarded since 1866.

The full article can be found on the Swiss Academy of sciences webpage : Jonathan Gruber splits high-dimensional objects