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karl 2009 -rrb- mahlburg -lrb- left -rrb- and kathrin bringmann -lrb- de winfried kohnen münster , germany sastra ramanujan prize -lrb- 2009 -rrb- german mathematics university of cologne 8 may 1977 mahlburg bringmann.jpg kathrin bringmann
 kathrin bringmann university of heidelberg
kathrin bringmann

kathrin bringmann -lrb- born 8 may 1977 -rrb- is a german number theorist in the university of cologne , germany , who has made fundamental contributions to the theory of mock theta functions .
she has been awarded the alfried krupp-förderpreis for young professors , a one-million-euro prize instituted by the alfried krupp von bohlen und halbach foundation .
she is the third mathematician to win this prize .
she has also been awarded the sastra ramanujan prize in 2009 for her contributions to `` areas of mathematics influenced by the genius srinivasa ramanujan . ''
kathrin bringmann was born on 8 may 1977 , in muenster , germany .
she passed the state examinations in mathematics and theology at the university of würzburg , germany , in 2002 , and obtained a diploma in mathematics at würzburg in 2003 .
she received phd in 2004 from university of heidelberg under the supervision of .
during 2004 -- 07 , she was edward burr van vleck assistant professor with the university of wisconsin where she began her collaboration with ken ono .
after briefly serving as an assistant professor at the university of minnesota , she joined the university of cologne , germany , as professor .
