Christine Bessenrodt

Christine Bessenrodt (1958–2022) was a German mathematician who was for many years the Chair of Algebra and Number Theory at Leibniz University Hannover.

In 1993 she obtained a professorship in algebra at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, in East Germany, soon after the German reunion.

[2] She moved to Leibniz University Hannover in 2002, taking the Chair of Algebra and Number Theory there.

She remained in Hannover for the rest of her career, later becoming director of the newly formed Institut für Algebra, Zahlentheorie und Diskrete Mathematik.

[4] A colloquium and conference in memory of Bessenrodt was held at Leibniz University Hannover in July 2022.