EUGENE, Ore. -- (May 27, 2011) -- University of Oregon mathematician Alexander Kleshchev, internationally recognized for his work on representation and lie theories in algebra, has received a Humboldt Research Award from the Germany-based Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

The award, which is valued at $60,000 Euros, recognizes lifetime achievements in research, and recipients are invited to carry out research projects in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany. The Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards annually.

"I plan to visit the University of Stuttgart three or four times in the next five years and perhaps also the University of Bonn and some other universities in Germany," said Kleshchev, who joined the UO faculty in 1995. "I will be engaged in joint research projects with my German colleagues."

Kleshchev earned his master's degree mathematics in 1988 from Moscow State University and a doctorate in 1993 from the Institute of Mathematics, Minsk.