Question: Facts: - doctoral students: paul carvalho jeffrey giansiracusa elizabeth hanbury graham hope oscar randal-williams georgios higgins raptis martin palmer paolo salvatore paul mitchener nathalie wahl catarina - doctoral advisor: ralph cohen - awards: whitehead prize -lrb- 2004 -rrb- - birth date: 12 december 1962 - name: ulrike tillmann - image: dmv-jahrestgraz2009enoether-vl ulriketillmann unioxf fotovonthomasvogt.jpg - birth place: rhede , germany - alma mater: brandeis university stanford university bonn university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ulrike tillmann .
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ulrike luise tillmann frs -lrb- born 12 december 1962 -rrb- is a mathematician specializing in algebraic topology , who has made important contributions to the study of the moduli space of algebraic curves .she is titular professor of mathematics at the university of oxford and a fellow of merton college .