Sylvie Paycha, Professor

Sylvie PAYCHA

Education

1994: Habilitation thesis (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
1988: Ph.D., Ruhr University of Bochum (Supervisor: Sergio Albeverio)
1982: Agrégation de Mathématiques, France
1984: D.E.A. de Mathématiques, University Paris 7, Paris (Supervisor: Michel Balabane)

Professional Career

as from Oct. 1t 2026: Emeritus professor
(The professional email address paycha (at) math.uni-potsdam.de nevertheless remains valid)
Oct. 2011 - Sept. 2026: Professor for Analysis (W3), University of Potsdam, Germany
Sept. 2011 - Aug.2021: On leave from the University Blaise Pascal, now called Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France
2019 - 2023: Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada
Sept. 1995 - Aug. 2011: Full Professor, University Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand, now called Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Sept. 1989 - Aug. 1994: Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Oct. 1985 - Sept. 1989: Lecturer at the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany)
(Wiss. Hilfskraft until 1988, Wiss. Mitarbeiterin as from 10/1988)

Honours

2. July 2026: Elected member of the Leibniz Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
April 2014: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, France
2013 - 2018 and since 2024 Associate Honorary Professor, University of los Andes, Bogotà, Columbia
2003 Emmy Noether Professorship, University of Göttingen, Germany
1999 - 2000 Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany