Prof. Dr. Norbert Hungerbühler
Prof. Dr. Norbert Hungerbühler
Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics
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Research area
Professor Hungerbühler’s primary research interest is non-linear partial differential equations, although he has also published a number of papers in other areas of mathematics.
Norbert Hungerbühler has been a Professor of Mathematics and Education in the Department of Mathematics since 2010.
He was born in Flawil in 1964.
Norbert Hungerbühler obtained a degree in mathematics from ETH Zurich in 1989. The same year, he also completed his teacher training.
In 1994 he completed a doctorate in the Department of Mathematics at ETH Zurich. In 1995 he worked as an SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) research fellow in the Mathematics Department at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
From January to December 1996, he was a postdoctoral student at ETH Zurich, where he went on to become a senior assistant from 1997-1998 and qualify as a professor in 2000.
From September 1998 to August 1999, he was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig.
From September 1999 to September 2000, Norbert Hungerbühler was an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, AL, USA, before being appointed as a full professor at the University of Fribourg.
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Professor Hungerbühler has been, among other things, president of the Swiss Mathematical Society, the Troisième cycle romand de mathématiques and founding director of the Swiss Doctoral Program in Mathematics.
He launched the Swiss Digital Mathematics Library, is Vice-President of the Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematics in Switzerland, Co-President of the Kommission Gymnasium-Universität and is on the Steering Committee of the Swiss Academy of Sciences Platform MAP.
Course Catalogue
Autumn Semester 2024
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 401-0171-00L | Linear Algebra I |
| 401-0293-00L | Mathematics III |
| 401-3057-00L | Finite Geometries II |
| 401-3059-00L | Combinatorics II |
| 401-3971-99L | Professional Exercises I |
| 401-5350-00L | Analysis Seminar |
| 401-5960-00L | Colloquium on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Education |
| 401-9970-00L | Introductory Internship Mathematics |
| 401-9987-00L | Teaching Internship Including Examination Lessons Mathematics |
| 401-9988-00L | Teaching Internship Mathematics |
| 401-9989-00L | Teaching Internship Mathematics II |
| 401-9991-01L | Examination Lesson I Mathematics |
| 401-9991-02L | Examination Lesson II Mathematics |
| 406-0173-AAL | Linear Algebra I and II |