European Research Council awards Rudolf Zeidler a ’Starting Grant’

Münster University mathematician receives prestigious grants. Thanks to the grants he is receiving, Rudolf Zeidler will be able to continue his research work in the field of scalar curvature at Münster University. WWU - Victoria Liesche The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Dr. Rudolf Zeidler an ERC Starting Grant. The grant of 1.4 million euros enables Rudolf Zeidler, a mathematician at the University of Münster's Mathematical Institute, to pursue the research project entitled -Comparison and rigidity for scalar curvature- (COMSCAL) for the next five years. This research topic combines the fields of geometry, topology and analysis, and the results will benefit basic research, as well as having a bearing on the mathematical description of general relativity. An ERC Starting Grant is one of the most prestigious European awards for junior researchers. This year, the ERC awarded 400 such grants to researchers.