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Florian Breuer

Associate professor of Mathematics at Stellenbosch University

Florian was born on 19 February 1977 in Vienna, the third son of Hans and Rosemarie Breuer. He was four years old when his family emigrated to Stellenbosch, South Africa. He attended Rhenish School and Paul Roos Gymnasium and studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Stellenbosch, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) and Université Denis Diderot (Paris 7).
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) cum laude, (Mathematics and Theoretical Physics), University of Stellenbosch, 1997,
Bachelor of Science with Honours (Hons.B.Sc) cum laude, (Mathematics), University of Stellenbosch, 1998,
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA), (Méthodes Algébriques), mention très bien, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), 1999.
In 1998 Florian received the Dean's Medal of the Science Faculty, Stellenbosch University.
He obtained a PhD in Mathematics at the Denis Diderot University in Paris in 2002. He was a post doctoral fellow in Taiwan and at the Max-Planck-Institute of Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. Since July 2003 he is a staff member of the Department of Mathematics, University of Stellenbosch, first as a senior lecturer and, since 1 October 2007, as associate professor.
The Royal Society of South Africa awarded him the Meiring Naudé Medal 2007 for scientific achievement by a young scientist under the age of 35 years.
He received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2009-2010.

Languages: Afrikaans, English, French, German.

Florian and Erica have been married since June 2009.
Florian's Hobby is photography and he has won many first prizes.

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