18/12/2017

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards Brazilian

Brazilian Pedro Antonio Santoro Salomão is one of the winners of the 2017 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize, awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, based in Germany and dedicated to promoting scientific cooperation among scholars worldwide.

Professor Salomão of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME) at USP is the third mathematician from Brazil to receive the prize. The first two were Fábio Armando Tal, also from IME-USP, and João Marcos de Almeida, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

Salomão, who works especially in the areas of symplectic geometry, dynamical systems, and Hamiltonian systems, has been recognized for his achievements in research and teaching mathematics. He will be one of the speakers at the geometry session of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2018, from August 1st to 9th in Rio de Janeiro.

Awarded annually, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize is given to German and foreign scientists who are recognized worldwide in their fields of work and who have completed their doctorate less than 18 years ago.

The winners are invited to spend up to a year collaborating on a project with experts in their field at a research institution in Germany. They also receive 45,000 euros (R$ 174,600 in current values).