Ulrich Kohlenbach

Ulrich Kohlenbach
Kohlenbach at Oberwolfach, 2011
Born (1962-07-27) 27 July 1962
NationalityGerman
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
Known forProof mining
Higher-order reverse mathematics
AwardsKurt Gödel Research Prize (2011)
ICM Speaker (2018)
Ernst Zermelo Ring (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical logic, proof theory
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Darmstadt
Doctoral advisorHorst Luckhardt
President of the Association for Symbolic Logic
In office
2016–2018
Preceded byAlasdair Urquhart
Succeeded byJulia Knight
President of the DVMLG
In office
2008–2012
Preceded byPeter Koepke
Succeeded byBenedikt Löwe

Ulrich Wilhelm Kohlenbach (born 27 July 1962 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German mathematician and professor of algebra and logic at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. His research interests lie in the field of proof mining.

Kohlenbach was president of the German Association for Mathematical Logic and for Basic Research in the Exact Sciences (DVMLG) from 2008 to 2012 and president of the Association for Symbolic Logic from 2016 to 2018.