We are very happy to report that Eamonn O’Brien has received a Humboldt Research Award from Germany’s Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation. The award is given in recognition of his academic record to date; it is one of the most prestigious awards administered by the Humboldt-Foundation.

Eamonn’s research interests are in Mathematics, in particular in computational group theory. He has made important contributions to group theoretical algorithms which have found their way into several computer algebra systems.

More information on Eamonn’s and Jeroen Schillewaert‘s success can be found on this press release by the University of Auckland