Gauss Lectureship

The Gauss Lectureship (Gauß-Vorlesung) is an annually awarded mathematical distinction, named in honor of Carl Friedrich Gauss. It was established in 2001 by the German Mathematical Society with a series of lectures for a broad audience.

Each Gauss Lecture is paired with another presentation on the history of mathematics.

Gauss Lecturers

Year	Gauss Lecturer
2001	Gerhard Huisken
2002	Ralph Erskine [de]
2003	Thomas Sonar [de]
	Karl Sigmund
2004	Isadore Singer
2005	Rupert Klein [de]
	Günter M. Ziegler
2006	Stefan Müller
	Penelope Maddy
2007	Don Zagier
	Willi Jäger
2008	John Morgan
	Bernold Fiedler
2009	Felix Otto
	Hendrik Lenstra
2010	Walter Schachermayer [de]
	E. Brian Davies
2011	Michael Struwe
	Wolfgang Dahmen
2012	Friedrich Götze
	Matthias Kreck
2013	Ben Green
	Jürgen Richter-Gebert [de]
2014	Robert Ghrist
2015	Martin J. Gander [de][1]
	Volker Mehrmann[2]
	Ingrid Daubechies[3][4]
2016	Nicolas Monod[5][6]
2017	Helmut Pottmann [de]
	Werner Ballmann
	Cedric Villani
2018	Katrin Wendland
	Caroline Lasser [de]
2019	Laszlo Szekelyhidi [de]
	Michael J. Hopkins
2020	no lecture held
2021	Maryna Viazovska
	Valentin Blomer [de]
2022	Ulrike Tillmann
	László Lovász
2023	Manfred Lehn [de]
	Martin Hairer
2024	Monique Laurent
	Lisa Sauermann

See also

• Cantor Medal
• List of mathematics awards