Prof. Dr. Hans Ringström

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMathematics in relativity and gravitational theory,Partial differential equations
KeywordsEinstein equations, geometry, analysis, cosmic censorship
Honours and awards

2017: Eva and Lars Gårding’s prize in mathematics

2015: Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

2014: Invited speaker ICM2014

2013: Eisenbud Visiting Professor

2011: Göran Gustafsson prize in mathematics

2008: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

2007: Göran Gustafsson prize for young researchers

2007: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Research Fellow

2007: Wallenberg prize in mathematics

Current contact address

CountrySweden
CityStockholm
InstitutionKTH Royal Institute of Technology
InstituteInstitute of Mathematics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alan RendallMax-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2009

Programme(s)

2008Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Ringström has played a seminal role in recent mathematical developments in general relativity. He has analysed the complicated 'Mixmaster' behaviour of spacetime singularities and made important contributions to the understanding of the dynamics of cosmological models with accelerated expansion. To do this he has developed new techniques for hyperbolic partial differential equations. In Germany he will investigate the influence of different models of matter on theoretical descriptions of cosmic expansion.