Gauss Professorship
The Gauss Professorship gives outstanding scientists from abroad the opportunity to in a way occupy the chair of Carl Friedrich Gauss for a time as a guest of the Academy. The professorship was established to mark the centenary of the death of the important mathematician, who was director of the Göttingen University Observatory from 1807 until his death in 1855.
The research stay is not associated with any obligations. However, the guest has the right to give lectures or talks at the university and to attend plenary sessions of the Academy.
The Gauss Commission appointed by the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Class decides on the winner. Priority is given to scientists who have rendered outstanding services to the subjects of astronomy, geophysics, mathematics and physics represented by Gauss.
Award Winners since 2008
Gauß-Professoren 2025 (eingeladen / invited)
Professor Simon Albrecht
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Dennis Baldocchi
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California
Berkeley, USA
Professor Bertrand Lefebvre
Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , France
Prof. Bernhard Mehlig
Department of Physics
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Professorin Eva Miranda
Laboratory of Geometry and Dynamical Systems
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (EPSEB)
Barcelona, Spanien
Gauß-Professoren 2024
Professor Eric Gaidos
Department of Earth Sciences
Honolulu / Hawaii, USA
Professorin Jana Roithova
Radboud Universiteit
Spectroscopy and Catalysis
Nijmegen / Niederlande
Professor Srikanth Sastry
Theoretical Sciences Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
Bangalore / India
Professor Xingliang Zhang
Department of Geology
Northwest University
Xi’an / P. R. China
Gauß-Professoren 2023
Professor Dmitriy Grazhdankin
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology
and Geophysics of Siberian Branch
Russian Academy of Sciences
Novosibirsk
Professor Ryszard Nest
Mathematics Department
University of Copenhagen
Professor Alain Pumir
Laboratoire de Physique
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Professor Guoliang Yu
Texas A&M University
Department of Mathematics
Professor Alessio Zaccone
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Milano
Gauß-Professoren 2021/2022
Professor Pierre Braunstein
Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, Frankreich
Professor Rainer Dietmann
Department of Mathematics
University of London
London, UK
Professor Grzegorz Szamel
Department of Chemistry,
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, USA
Professor Sotiris S. Xantheas
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
West Richland, USA
Gauß-Professoren 2020
einige der Eingeladenen werden aufgrund von Corona ihren Besuch erst 2023 antreten
Professor Mark H. Thiemens
University of California, San Diego
Division of Physical Sciences
La Jolla, CA USA
Prof. Rolando Victor Rivera Pomar
Centro de Bioinvestigaciones
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gauß-Professoren 2019
Professor Trevor D. Wooley
School of Mathematics
University of Bristol
Frau Professorin Dr. Leticia González
Fakultät für Chemie Universität Wien
Prof. Dr. Mark Adriaan van Zuilen
Equipe Géomicrobiologie
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
Professor Eckhard Meinrenken
Mathematics Department
University of Toronto
Gauß-Professoren 2018
Professor Dr. Ozan Öktem
Granlidsvägen 20
Professor Simon Turner
Director of Research Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Dr. Ranko Richert
School of Molecular Sciences
Arizona State University Tempe
Professor Trichur Vidyasagar
Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences
Adjunct Professor Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
Gauß-Professoren 2017
Professor Charles T. Campbell
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Professor Simon Turner
Director of Research
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Macquarie University, Australia
Dr Guillem Anglada-Escudé
School of Physics and Astronomy
Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Paul Frank Baum
Department of Mathematics
The Pennsylvania State University
Professor Mark H. Thiemens
University of California, San Diego
Division of Physical Sciences
Gauß-Professoren 2016
Professor Charles T. Campbell
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Seattle
Professor Kannan Soundararajan
Department of Mathematics
Stanford University
Professor John Coates
DPMMS
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Cambridge
Professor Richard Holme
School of Environmental Sciences
Jane Herdman Laboratories
Liverpool
Gauß-Professoren 2015
Professor Xueming Yang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dalian, China
Professor Michael Francis A’Hearn
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
Professor David Kelly Campbell
Boston University
Department of Physics
Professor Trevor Wooley
School of Mathematics
University of Bristol
Gauß-Professoren 2014
Professor Kirk A. Peterson
Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry
Washington State University, USA
Professor Michael Francis A'Hearn
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland, USA
Professor Mikhail Gordin
St. Petersburg Department
of V.A. Steklov Mathematical Institute
St. Petersburg, Russia
Professor David Kelly Campbell
Boston University
Department of Physics
Boston, USA
Gauß-Professoren 2013
Professor Andrey Vilesov
University of Southern California
Department of Chemistry
Los Angeles, USA
Professor Yuriy G. Shermolovich
Institute of Organic Chemistry NAS of Ukraine
Kiev, UKRAINE
Gauß-Professoren 2012
Professor Yuriy G. Shermolovich
Institute of Organic Chemistry NAS of Ukraine,
Kiew, Ukraine
Professor Dr. Evgenii E. Nikitin
Department of Chemistry, Technio,
Israel Institute of Technology
Technion City
Haifa, Israel
Professor Mark Dijkstra
Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik,
Garching, Deutschland
Gauß-Professoren 2011
Professor Itamar Procaccia
Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Professor Daniel Auerbach
San Jose, Kalifornien, USA
Professor Dr. Evgenii E. Nikitin
Department of Chemistry, Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology
Technion City
Haifa, Israel
Gauß-Professoren 2010
Professor Dr. David C. Morse
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Professor Alexander V. Sobolev
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry V. I. Vernadsky, Moskau, Russische Föderation
Gauß-Professoren 2009
Professor Luciano Floridi
St. Cross College, Unviersity of Oxford
Professor Dr. David C. Morse
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Gauß-Professoren 2008
Professor Dr. Hideyuki Saio
Astronomical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aramaki, Japan
Professor Santiago Alvarez
Departement de Quimica Inorganica, Universität de Barcelona, Spanien
Professor Alexander V. Sobolev
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry V. I. Vernadsky, Moskau, Russische Föderation