Sara van de Geer#
| Membership Number: | 5307 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://stat.ethz.ch/~geer |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7181-2872 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - present Full Professor at the Seminar for Statistics, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich
- 1999 - 2005 Full Professor at the University of Leiden
- 1997 - 1999 Associate Professor, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 1990 - 1997 Assistant Professor at the University of Leiden
- 1989 - 1990 Assistant Professor at the University of Utrecht
- 1988 - 1989 Scientific Researcher, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam
- 1987 - 1988 Assistant Professor at the University of Bristol
- 1983 - 1987 Scientific Researcher, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam
- 1982 - 1983 Scientific Researcher at the University of Tilburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Mathematics for machine learning
- High-Dimensional statistics
- Empirical processes
- Mathematical statistics
- Statistical learning
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Highly cited researcher
- 2016 Van Wijngaarden Award 2
- 2015 Saint Flour Lecturer
- 2015 Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 2013 Member of Leopoldina, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher
- 2005 Correspondent of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Manahalobis Lecturer
- 2014 Kloosterman Lecturer
- 2010 Invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
- 2003 Institute of Mathematical Statistics Medallion
- 2002 International Statistical Institute Award
- 1999 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1998 Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute
