Personal Data:

• Studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1973-74.
• Studied Mathematics at the University of Gottingen, Germany, 1975-82.
• Diplomprufung in Mathematics, University of Gottingen, Germany, 1979. Second fields Physics and Probability/Statisctis.
• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Gottingen, Germany, 1982.
• Habilitation at the University of Gottingen, 1990.

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, University of Gottingen (1991).
• Associate Professor (Lektor) at IMFUFA, Roskilde University, Denmark (1991).
• Associate Professor, Louisiana State University (1993). Tenure, Spring 1994.
• Full Professor, Louisiana State University (1996).

Research Interest:

• Lie groups and their representations
• Harmonic analysis on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces
• Integral transforms and their applications. In particular the Radon and wavelet transforms
• Invariant differential operators
• Harmonic analyis and its relation to physics. Reflection positivity and quantum field theory

Teaching Interest:

• Harmonic Analysis, Lie Groups and their Representations
• Applied Harmonic Analysis and wavelets
• Real Analysis and Calculus
• Differential Equations

Awards:

• 1993: Award from the University of Roskilde for special eforts during the year 1992.
• 1998: Invited to give 5 lectures as Distinguished Visitor at the Department of Mathematics, The University of Iowa, February 1998. $ 1,500.-
• 1998: Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society, for Superior Instruction of Freshman Students in the Fall of 1998.
• LSU Distinguished Faculty Award 2000.

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