- Born
- ( 1954-07-28 ) 28 July 1954 (age 71) , Gelsenkirchen-Buer , North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
- Education
- University of Münster ( Dip , Dr. rer. nat. )
- Known for
- Almost ring Faltings height Faltings' annihilator theorem Faltings' theorem Faltings' product theorem
- Spouse
- Angelika Tschimmel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; died 2011 )
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Mathematics University of Bonn Princeton University University of Wuppertal
- Theses
- Über Macaulayfizierung (1978) Formale Geometrie und homogene Räume (1980)
- Doctoral advisor
- Hans-Joachim Nastold
- Doctoral students
- Michael J. Larsen Shinichi Mochizuki Wiesława Nizioł Nikolai Durov