Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Goes to Jülich Scientist

Jülich, 21 November 2012 - On Tuesday in Berlin, Dr. Dmitry A. Fedosov from Forschungszentrum Jülich was presented with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofja Kovalevskaja Award by Federal Research Minister Annette Schavan. This is one of the most highly endowed research awards in Germany. The 30-year-old mathematician will use the prize money of approximately € 1.3 million over a period of five years to set up his own research group to investigate the difference in blood circulation in healthy tissue and tumours.