| Birge Huisgen-Zimmermann | |
| Citizenship: | Germany |
| Fields: | Mathematics |
| Workplaces: | University of California Santa Barbara |
| Alma Mater: | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| Thesis Title: | Endomorphismenringe von Selbstgeneratoren |
| Thesis Year: | 1974 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Friedrich Kasch |
| Known For: | Representation theory, ring theory |
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Birge Katharina Huisgen-Zimmermann is a mathematician at University of California, Santa Barbara specializing in representation theory and ring theory.[1]
Huisgen-Zimmerman was born in Germany. Her father was the chemistry professor Rolf Huisgen. She received her Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1974 under the supervision of Friedrich Kasch. Huisgen-Zimmerman received her habilitation from Technical University of Munich in 1979, and stayed on the faculty at the Technical University of Munich until 1981. She became a researcher at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a faculty member at the University of Iowa, and a professor with a personal chair at the University of Passau, before moving to Santa Barbara in 1987.
In 2012, Huisgen-Zimmerman became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]