Fields Institute appoints Matthias Neufang as Deputy Director

As Deputy Director, Neufang will assist the Fields Institute’s Director, Professor Edward Bierstone of the University of Toronto, in providing leadership to the Institute's mathematical research and education programs. A graduate of France’s Université de Lille, Neufang received a Mathematics PhD in 2000 from the Universität des Saarlandes for his thesis entitled Abstract Harmonic Analysis and Module Homomorphisms on von Neumann Algebras. He has taught at the University of Alberta and Carleton University. His principal work involves functional analysis and harmonic analysis, investigating the link between abstract harmonic analysis and Banach algebra theory. He is the author of over fifty research papers and has organized numerous research conferences and special sessions.

Neufang served as Interim Deputy Director of the Fields Institute from January to June 2009. He has served as Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Mathematics and Statistics as well as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University. His service to his profession includes his current positions as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mathematical Society and chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Pure Mathematics Grant Selection Committee.

The Fields Institute, located in Toronto, is recognized as one of the world's leading independent mathematical research institutions. With a wide array of pure, applied, industrial, financial and educational programs, the Fields Institute attracts over 1,000 visitors annually from every corner of the globe, to collaborate on leading-edge research programs in the mathematical sciences. The Fields Institute is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, seven principal sponsoring universities, sixteen affiliate universities and several corporate sponsors.

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