Vita
Vita
Personal data
- Date of birth: October 15, 1945 in Rohr (AG) Switzerland
Education
- ETH Zürich, Dr. Sc. Math., 1973
- University of Konstanz, Habilitation, 1978
Positions
- Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Frankfurt, 1978-1979
- Full Professor of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, 1979-1990
- Full Professor of Mathematics, University of Zürich, 1990-present
Professional activities
- Annals of Statistics, Assoc. Editor, 1987-1989
- Annals of Probability, Assoc. Editor, 1988-1993
- Probability Theory and Related Fields, Editor-in-chief, 1994-2000
- Probability Theory and Related Fields, Assoc.Editor, since 2000
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, Member of the Stiftungsrat, since 1994
- Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach, Member of Scientific Council, 1995-2002
- Institute of Mathematics, University of Zürich, Chairman, September 1998-September 2001
- Ecole d'Eté St. Flour, Member of the Scientific Committee, since 2002
- EURANDOM Institute, Eindhoven, Member of the Scientific Council, since 2002
Selected invited lectures
- Congress of the European Mathematical Society, Budapest 1998: Invited Lecture
- World Congress of the Bernoulli Society, Vienna 1998: Special Invited Lecture
- World Congress of the Bernoulli Society, Guanajuata, Mexico, 2000: Special Invited IMS Lecture
- International Congress of Mathematics, Beijing, China, 2002: Invited Lecture