Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Herwig Hauser

Curriculum Vitae:

born 1956 in Innsbruck, Austria
1974-1977 Mathematics studies at the University of Innsbruck
1977-1980 Mathematics studies at the University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, Écôle Polytechnique, Palaiseau, and Écôle Normale Supérieure, Paris
1980 Ph.D. in Mathematics at Université ParisSud with B. Teissier and A. Douady, Topic: "Deformation theory of complex analytic space germs"
1980-1988 Assistent professor at the Institut für Mathematik, University of Innsbruck
1982-1984 Visiting scholar at Northeastern and Brandeis University, Boston
1988 Habilitation at the University of Innsbruck
1988-2007 Associate professor at the University of Innsbruck, Tenure position
1992-1994 Visiting professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
since 1990 Visiting professorships at the Universities of Marseille, Madrid, Seville, Valladolid, Linz, Kyoto, Bangkok. Research stays at MSRI Berkeley, RIMS Kyoto, Max-Planck Institut Bonn, CRM Barcelona, among others;
2007-2013 Professor at the University of Vienna, on extended leave from the University of Innsbruck
2011 Organization of the special program "Algebraic versus Analytic Geometry" at the Erwin-Schrödinger-Institute, Vienna
2012 Organization of the Clay Summer School on Resolution of Singularities, Obergurgl, Austria
since October 2013 Professor of Algebraic Geometry, Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna

Research Areas:

* Algebraic and Analytic Geometry
* Commutative Algebra
* Approximation Techniques
* Infinite Dimensional Geometry
* Formal and algebraic power series
* Combinatorics
* Resolution of Singularities
* Differential Geometry and Lie Algebras of Vector Fields