Prof. Dr. Ulrich Koschorke
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 1960-63, 65-67
- Bonn University: Vordiplom 1962, Diplom 1966 (under the direction of Friedrich Hirzebruch)
- 1963
- Berlin University
- 1963-65
- Sorbonne, Paris (under the direction of Henry Cartan)
- 1967-68
- Brandeis University, Ph. D. 1968 (Thesis advisor: Richard Palais)
Positions
- 1968-71, 72-74
- Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
- 1971-72
- Visiting Professor, Bonn University, Germany
- 1974-75
- Assistant Professor, CUNY, New York
- 1975-77
- Guest Professor, Bonn University
- 1977-
- Full Professor, University of Siegen, Germany
- 1983-84
- Chairman of the Mathematics Department
- 2005-07
- Director of figs (Forschungsinstitut für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften in Siegen)
Memberships
- 1971-72, 1975-77
- SFB Theoretische Mathematik, Bonn (later on this became the Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics)
- 1980/81 and 1990
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- 1985 and 1989/90
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
Visiting Professorships
- Spring 1994
- Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Summer 1994
- Nantes (France)
- Spring 1999
- Brandeis University (USA)
- Summer 1999
- San Diego (USA)
Organizer
5 International Topology Symposia in Siegen: 1979, 1987, 1993, 2001, and 2005.
Co-organizer of Scientific Congresses in Oberwolfach, Bielefeld, Tel Aviv, Rio de Janeiro, Eilat, and Bedlewo.
Co-Editor
Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Academic Honors and Awards
- 1963-65
- Fellowship for studies at the Sorbonne
- 1967-68
- Fellowship for studies at Brandeis University
- 1969-72, 1973-74
- NFS Grants
Travel Grants to many scientific meetings and universities around the world, e.g. in Aarhus, Amsterdam, Baku, Barcelona, Bedlewo, Beijing, Berkeley, Bloomington, Bonn, Clermont-Ferrand, Calgary, Cambridge, Chicago, Delphi, Dijon, Edinburgh, Georgia, Haifa, Heidelberg, Helsinki, Hungary, Irvine, Jerusalem, Kiew, Kyoto, Los Angeles, Luminy, Marseille, Mexico, Montreal, Münster, Nantes, New Orleans, New York, Nice, Oberwolfach, Osaka, Oxford, Paris, Poznan, Princeton, Recife, Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, S.-Peterburg, Santa Barbara, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Srni, St. John's, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Trieste, Vancouver, Waltham, Warszawa, Yongpyong (Korea), Zürich
Recent Visits Abroad
- 14.03.1994-23.03.1994, 03.04.1994-13.04.1994
- Tel Aviv University, Israel (Michael Farber)
- 14.04.1994-02.05.1994
- Technion in Haifa (Bronek Wajnryb)
- 03.05.1994-06.05.1994
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Emmanuel Dror Farjoun)
- 16.05.1994-02.06.1994
- University of Warwick, UK (Brian Sanderson)
- 06.06.1994-30.06.1994
- Université de Nantes, France (Nathan Habegger and Pierre Vogel)
- 11.08.1994-25.08.1994
- University of Olomouc, Czech Republic (Jiri Vanzura and Martin Cadek)
- 02.09.1994-10.10.1994
- Pontifica Universidade Catolica and IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Paul Schweitzer, Derek Hacon and Mauricio Peixoto)
- September/October 1995, 27.07.1996-26.08.1996, 08.09.1997-11.10.1997, 13.09.1998-11.10.1998
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Paul Schweitzer, Mauricio Peixoto, Derek Hacon, Mario Olivero Marques da Silva, Maria Herminia de Paula Leite Mello, Alice M. Libardi, Isabel C. Rossini)
- 15.03.1998-29.03.1998
- Université de Nantes (Nathan Habegger and Horst Ibisch)
- August 1998
- Delphi, Greece, meeting on Knot Theory
- March 1999
- Loyola University, New Orleans (Duane A. Randall)
- April-May 1999
- Indiana University, Bloomington (Kent Orr)
- June 1999
- University of California, San Diego (Peter Teichner)
- July 1999
- University of Calgary (Peter Zvengrowski)
- 18.08.1999-30.08.1999
- Steklov Mathematical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (Vladimir M. Nezhinskij)
- 2000, 2002 and 2004
- Brazil, research and lectures
- 05.08.2001-10.08.2001
- Tel Aviv University, co-organizer of the meeting “Topological analysis of manifolds and submanifolds”
- 2003
- Bedlewo, meeting on Knot Theory
- June 2004
- Université de Montréal, International Meeting on “Morse theoretic methods in non-linear analysis and symplectic topology”
- 28.06.-02.07.2004
- Memorial University of New Foundland, International Conference on “Nielsen Theory and Related Topics”
- 26.-30.07.2004
- Campinas (Brazil), XIV Encontro Brasiliero de Topologia, opening plenar speaker
- 14.-21.01.2006, 13.-20.01.2007
- Srní (Czech Republic), Winter Schools of Geometry and Physics
- 21.-26.03.2007
- Eilat, co-organizer of the conference “Surfaces in Low Dimensional Manifolds”
- 18.-24.06.2007
- Bedlewo, “Algebraic Topology: Old and New”, M.M. Postnikov Memorial Conference
- 22.-28.07.2007
- Bedlewo, co-organizer of the conference “Topological theory of fixed and periodic points”
- 05.-08.09.2007
- Toulouse, “Journées toulousaines autour des tresses, groupes et variétés”, en mémoire de Heiner Zieschang
- 01.-30.05.2008
- Great Britain and France, Lectures in Brighton, Durham, Edinburgh and Aberdeen; Douady Memorial Conference in Paris
- 25.-29.05.2009
- Trieste, “International Conference on Knot Theory and its Applications to Physics and Biology”
- 09.-13.06.2009
- Memorial University of New Foundland, International Conference on Nielsen Theory
- 19.-22.10.2009
- Maresias (State of Sao Paulo), VII E.R. de Topologia
- 19.-23.04.2010
- Luminy, Topologie Algébrique et Quantique (en l'honneur de Pierre Vogel)
- 02.-06.08.2010
- Rio de Janeiro, XVII Encontro Brasileiro de Topologia
- 15.-22.01.2011
- Srni (Czech Republic), Winter School of Geometry and Physics
- 07.05.-04.06.2011
- Los Angeles and New Orleans, Cooperation with Robert Brown and Duane Randall, lectures in UCLA and UCIrvine(Conference "Geometry and its Applications" in honor of Richard Palais)
- 20.06.-24.06.2011
- Capital Normal University, Beijing, International conference on Nielsen fixed point theory and related topics
- 05.-19.02.2012
- Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (Oman)
- 05.07.-06.08.2012
- Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, XVIII Encontro Brasileiro de Topologia, and Cooperation
- Summer 2013
- Bonn, Bedlewo, Rio de Janeiro
- Summer 2014
- Luminy, Poznan, Belgrade
- Spring 2015
- Rio de Janeiro
Further Interests
- Ethnology: The material culture of the peoples of Central Asia (specifically of Turkmenistan and of Tibet). I organized exhibitions (with a variety of lectures) concerning Afghanistan (in 1983) and Tibet (in 2000).
- Literature, History, Music, Hiking