Curriculum Vitae

March 2005

 

Last Name:	Forger	First Names:	Frank Michael
Academic Degrees:	Prof. Dr.	Nationality:	german
Date of Birth:	18. 04. 1950	Place of Birth:	Heidelberg
Marital Status:	married	Children:	1

 

University Education

• 1968 - 1970 :
  Studies in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry (undergraduate level),
  Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.


• 1970/71 - 1971 :
  Studies in Mathematics (graduate level - MSc),
  Université de Grenoble, France.


• 1971/72 - 1976 :
  Studies in Physics and Mathematics (graduate level - MSc & PhD),
  Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.


• 1976/77 - 1977 :
  Studies in Mathematics (graduate level - PhD),
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A..


• 1977/78 - 1979/80 :
  Studies in Physics and Mathematics (graduate level - PhD),
  Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Fellow of the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" from 1968 to 1978.


Examinations and Academic Degrees

• 29.02.1968 : Abitur ~ High School Diploma.
• 02.02.1970 : Vordiplom (Freie Universität Berlin) ~ BSc.
• 18.12.1974 : Hauptdiplom (Freie Universität Berlin) ~ MSc.
• 22.01.1980 : Promotion (Freie Universität Berlin) ~ PhD.
• 03.07.1986 : Habilitation (Universität Freiburg).

Professional Career

• 01.04.1978 - 31.12.1979 :
  Scientific Assistant (part-time), Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.




• 01.01.1980 - 30.09.1980 :
  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (supported by DFG), Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (from February 1980 to August 1980 on post-doctoral research at the Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil).




• 01.10.1980 - 31.03.1981 :
  Scientific Assistant, Faculty of Physics, Universität Freiburg, Germany.




• 01.04.1981 - 31.03.1987 :
  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physics, Universität Freiburg, Germany (from 01.09.1984 to 30.09.1986 on unpaid leave).




• 01.09.1984 - 30.09.1986 :
  Research Fellow, European Nuclear Research Center CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.




• 01.04.1987 - 30.09.1987 :
  Scientific Assistant, Faculty of Physics, Universität Freiburg, Germany.




• 01.10.1987 - 30.09.1991 :
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Physics, Universität Freiburg, Germany.




• 01.05.1992 - 30.06.1993 :
  Senior Research Fellow (supported by DFG), Department of Mathematics, Universität Mannheim, Germany.




• Since December 1992 :
  Full Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute for Mathematics and Statistics, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Languages

Excellent knowledge of English and Portuguese, good knowledge of French.