Biography
Olga Holtz grew up in Chelyabinsk, Russia. She received her Diploma [1995] in Applied Mathematics from Southern Ural State University and her PhD [2000] in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the guidance of Hans Schneider.
She subsequently held a postdoctorate researcher position [2000-2002] at the Computer Science Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Humboldt research fellowship [2002-2003] at the Institute of Mathematics of the Technical University Berlin, and a Morrey Assistant Professorship [2004-2007] at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California-Berkeley.
Since 2007, she is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of California-Berkeley, a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the Technical University Berlin, and a Professor of the Berlin Mathematical School.
She is a Sofja Kovalevskaja awardee [2006], a member of the Junge Akademie of Germany [2008], and a European Mathematical Society Prize winner [2008].