Jürgen Jost
External Professor
Study of Mathematics, Physics, Economics, and Philosophy, Bonn University, 1975-1980
PhD in Mathematics 1980
Postdocs and visiting positions at IAS Princeton, ANU Canberra, MSRI Berkeley, Harvard, ETH Zuerich, IHES Paris, SFI
Professor of Mathematics 1984-1996
Director, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, since 1996
Research in pure and applied mathematics, theoretical and statistical physics, mathematical and theoretical biology and neuroscience, economics and strategy science, history and philosophy of sciences
Interdisciplinary research perspective on complex systems
More than 20 monographs (several with multiple editions) and ca. 500 scientific publications
About 50 PhD students
Selected awards:
1993 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the DFG (German Research Society) (highest German research award)
2010 ERC Advanced Grant
Member of the German National Academy Leopoldina, of the Academy for Science and Literature (Mainz) and the Saxonian Academy of Science (Leipzig)
Primary Institution: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Role/Title: Director
Topics of Interest: AI/Machine Learning - Behavior - Biology - Economics - Evolution - History - Intelligence - Linguistics - Mathematics/Computer Science - Network Theory - Neuroscience - Physics - Psychology - Risk & Uncertainty - Science of Science - Social Science - Strategy/Decision Making - Philoshopy
Other Affiliations and Institutions: University of Leipzig, Honorary Professor
When and how you first got involved with SFI: Sabbatical visit 1999-2000