1970 -1974
Student of:
(1) Mathematics, in particular Functional Analysis, Ordinary and Partial
Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis
(2) Computer Science
(3) Theoretical Physics
1974
Diploma in Mathematics; Title of Thesis: "Ein Antikonvergenzprinzip"
1975
Doctorate (PhD) at the Faculty of Mathematics; Title of Thesis: "Ein selektives
Iterationsverfahren und Verzweigungsprobleme" (Referees: K. Kirchgässner, E.
Gekeler)
1981
Habilitation at the Faculty of Mathematics; Title of Thesis: "Verzweigung
quasiperiodischer Lösungen bei reversiblen dynamischen Systemen"
(Referees: K. Kirchgässner, J. Moser, P. Werner)
Professional Career
1974 -1975
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stuttgart
1975 -1977
Senior Researcher, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart
1977 -1985
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart
1985 -1987
Assoc., Full Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA)
1987 -1996
Full Professor, Chair of Theory and Applications of Partial Differential Equations
University of Hamburg
1988 -1990
Acting Director, Dept. of Applied Mathmatics, University of Hamburg
1996 - present
Full Professor and Chair at the Faculty of Mathematics, Techn. Univ of Munich
1996 - present
Director, Center of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich
1997 - 1999
Chair of the Board of Directors
1999 - 2003
Chair of the Board of Personnel
2003 - present
Chair of the Board of Finance)
1996 - 2008
Member of the ADPO (APSO) Committee, (General Study Program and Student
Examination Committee), Technical University of Munich
2000 - 2003
Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich
2011 - present
Chairman of the Hurwitz Society to support Mathematics at the Technical
University of Munich (Association of Alumni of the Faculty of Mathematics)
Professional Society Affiliations
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)
Intern. Society for the Interaction of Mathematics and Mechanics (ISIMM)
Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM)
Deutsche Mathematikervereinigung (DMV)
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematische Gesellschaft Hamburg
Honors
1975 Prize awarded by the Union of Friends of the University of Stuttgart for
distinguished scientific achievements
1982 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA),
1983 Visiiiting Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University,
Providence (USA)
1993 Invited Lectures, Summer School, ETH Zürich, Valbella (Switzerland)
1996 Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting of the GAMM, Prague (Czech Republic)
Selected Research Grants
1991 -1994 EEC Grant under the Sci. Project "Bifurcation Theory and Appl.",
1994 -2000 DFG Research Grants under the Priority Research Program "Ergodic
Theory, Analysis, and Efficient Simulation of Dynamical Systems"
2000 -2004 DFG Research Grant within the Collab. Research Centre (SFB) 438
"Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Verification in Material
Oriented Processes and Intelligent Systems"
1998 -2006 Member of DFG-Graduate School "Applied Algorithmic Mathematics"
1994 -1999 NATO Collab. Research Grant (joint with Prof. J.E. Marsden, Caltech)
2000 -2004 Grant under the EU-RTN project "Mechanics and Symmetry in Europa
(MASIE)"
2006 - present DFG Grant for the Research Project: „Mathematical Strategies for an
optimised ribbing design of large forming tools“
2009 - present FVA Grant for the Research Project: „Mathematical Generation and
Optimization of Arbitrary Gear Flank Geometries“
Editorship
1987 -1995 Member of the Editorial Board of the Book Series „Dynamics Reported“
1994 - present Member of the Editorial Board of J. Nonl. Sci. and Nonl. Sci. Today
1997 - present Member of the Editorial Board of J. Appl. Math. Mech. (ZAMM)
2004 -2006 Contributing Editor, Intern. J. of Nonlinear Mechanics.
2008 - present Member of the Editorial Board of J. Geometric Mechanics