Sergio Albeverio

Interdisciplinary Studies of Complex Systems No. 14 (2019) 23 c Editorial board https://doi.org/10.31392/iscs.2019.14.023

Sergio Albeverio

Sergio Albeverio is a Swiss mathematician and mathematical physicist working in numerous ﬁelds of mathematics and its applications. In particular he is known for his work in probability theory, analysis (including inﬁnite di- mensional, non-standart, and stochastic analysis), mathematical physics, and in areas algebra, geometry, number theory, as well as in applications, from natural to social-economic sciences. Sergio Albeverio born 17 January 1939 in Lugano, Switzerland. Career: Study of mathematics and physics at the ETH Zurich with a Diploma Thesis (1962) under the direction of Markus Fierz and David Ruelle, and a Ph.D. Thesis (1966) under the direction of Res Jost and Markus Fierz. Visiting lecturer at Imperial College (1967–68, R.F. Strea- ter), invitation by Irving Segal as co-worker MIT (1968–69), Research Fellowship at Princeton University, University of Aix-Marseille II Since 1977 permanent professorships in Germany: 1977–79 University of Bielefeld 1979–97 Titular of Chair for Probability and Mathe- matical Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum. Since 1997: Titular of Chair for Probability and Mathema- tics Statistics, University of Bonn (Emeritus since 2009)

Awards and Prizes: Max-Planck Award in mathematics 1992 Doctor honoris causa of University of Oslo 2002 Prize for interdisciplinary Project, University of Bonn 2003 Doctor honoris causa of University of Stokholm 2018

Longer research and invited professorship at many universities and research centers in Europe, China, Japan, Mexico, USSR/Russia, USA. The author and of 11 monographs. The author of many philosophical and cultural issues. Sergio Albeverio visited Ukraine. He is the member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Interdisciplinary studies of complex systems”.