Biographical Profile
  
		- College
 
		- McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
 
		- Department
 
		- Mathematics
 
		
Interest Background
	
		- Do you include students in your research?
 
			- None
 
		- Personal Focus Areas
 
			- Applied and Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, Mathematical Learning Theory
 
		
 
       
      Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
	
	  
| Dates | 
Institution | 
Location | 
Degree | 
Field of Study | 
| 1981 | 
University of Bonn | 
Bonn, Germany | 
Habilitation | 
Mathematics | 
| 1976 | 
RWTH Aachen University | 
Aachen, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany | 
Dr. Rer. Nat. | 
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| 1974 | 
RWTH-Aachen University | 
Aachen, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany | 
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Mathematics/Secondary Physics | 
  
 
	 
Positions & Appointments
	
		
| Dates | 
Description | 
Institution/Entity | 
| 1974 - 1976 | 
Research Assistant, Lehrstuhl A fur Mathematik, RWTH Aachen University | 
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| 1976 - 1981 | 
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Institute of Applied Mathematics | 
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| 1979 - 1980 | 
Research Fellowship, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York | 
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| 1981 - 1987 | 
Professor (C3) Mathematics, University of Bielefeld | 
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| 1987 - 1992 | 
Professor (C4) Mathematics, Free University of Berlin | 
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| 1992 | 
Professor (C4) Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University | 
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| 08/2005 | 
Adjunct Professorship, University of South Carolina | 
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| 05/1998 | 
Offer of the Position of Director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, Purdue University | 
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| 02/2003 | 
Offer of Full Professorship, DFG Research Center, TU, Berlin | 
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Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
	
		
| Dates | 
Type | 
Description | 
Foundation/Entity | 
| 1972 | 
Award | 
Stipend of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes | 
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| 1979 | 
Award | 
IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship | 
 | 
 | 
Award | 
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Award | 
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