Rate My Professor Ulrike Tillmann

Tillmann's research focuses on topology, K-theory, and non-commutative geometry, with notable contributions to moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces and higher-dimensional manifolds, inspired by quantum physics and string theory, as well as recent work in applied topology for data science challenges. Key publications include 'The homotopy type of the cobordism category' (Acta Mathematica, 2009, with Galatius, Madsen, and Weiss), 'The stable mapping class group and Q CP^∞' (Inventiones Mathematicae, 2001, with Madsen), 'Divisibility of the stable Miller-Morita-Mumford classes' (Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 2006, with Galatius and Madsen), and 'A Framework for Differential Calculus on Persistence Barcodes' (Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 2021, with Leygonie and Oudot). She has received the Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society (2004), the Bessel Research Prize (2008), was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (2008), inaugural Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012), and Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2017). Tillmann has served as President of the London Mathematical Society (2021–2023), Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union (since 2023), Chair of the Royal Society’s Education Committee (since 2020), and on numerous editorial boards, including founding managing editor of the Journal of Topology (2007–2017), significantly influencing mathematical research communities through leadership and collaborations.