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Past Member

Herbert Spohn

Funding provided by the Fund for Mathematics

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Statistical Mechanics
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Herbert Spohn’s recent efforts are concentrated on stochastic integrable systems, such as models from the KPZ universality class, which include directed polymers in a random medium, statistical properties of driven interfaces, and nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics of one-dimensional systems.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Member
School of Mathematics
Fall

Degrees

Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet Muenchen
Habilitation
1980
Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet Muenchen
Ph.D.
1975

Honors

1993
Max-Planck Forschungspreis

Appointments

LMU
1982–1998
Professor