Scientific Committee

The purpose of the Scientific Committee is to support the organizers of the HLF in structuring, preparing and running the forum in all aspects related to the scientific program. Its members are international experts closely affiliated to the HLF. 

Members (sorted by last name)
  • Alexei Efros (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Jessica Fintzen (University of Bonn)
  • Helge Holden (Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim)
  • John E. Hopcroft (Cornell University)
  • Gerhard Huisken (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach)
  • Raimund Seidel (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics)
  • Sergei Tabachnikov (Pennsylvania State University) 
  • Robert E. Tarjan (Princeton University)
  • S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (New York University)
  • Anna Wienhard (Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation)
  • Katherine Yelick (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Efim Zelmanov (University of California, San Diego)
From left: Alexei Efros, Ina Schieferdecker (until August 2023), Robert E. Tarjan, Anna Wienhard, Raimund Seidel, Helge Holden, Sergei Tabachnikov, Beate Spiegel (Chairperson Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation until May 2023)