Chenchang Zhu
Chenchang Zhu is a mathematician and a tenured W2 professor at the University of Göttingen. She is known for her contributions to differential geometry, Poisson geometry, and the theory of higher structures, particularly higher Lie groupoids and higher algebroids. For 2025, she holds the inaugural CRM-MdM Chair of Excellence at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) in Barcelona. Zhu was a gold medalist at the 1995 International Mathematical Olympiad, achieving a perfect score of 42/42.