Armin Rainer

Faculty of Mathematics

University of Vienna

Positions

July 2011 - February 2013 Senior PostDoc, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project P22218 (PI Armin Rainer)
May 2011 - June 2011 Paternity leave.
July 2010 - Assistant professor (non-tenure), University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics, on leave.
March 2010 - June 2010 Senior PostDoc, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project P22218 (PI Armin Rainer)
January 2009 - February 2010 Erwin Schrödinger Fellow, University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics.
Advisor: Prof. Edward Bierstone.
April 2008 - December 2008 Erwin Schrödinger Fellow, University of Pisa, Department of Mathematics.
Advisor: Prof. Ferruccio Colombini.
October 2004 - March 2008 PostDoc, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Projects P17108 (Peter W. Michor), and P19392 (Stefan Haller).
February 2005 - March 2007 Assistant Professor (non-tenure), University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
July 2002 - September 2004 Research Assistant, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project P14195 (Peter W. Michor).

Education

October 2010 Habilitation at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
March 2005 Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae (Highest possible distinction for study performance).
February 2004 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) with highest distinction, University of Vienna.
Doctoral thesis: Choosing roots of polynomials smoothly and lifting smooth curves over invariants.
Advisor: Prof. Peter W. Michor.
March 2002 - February 2004 PhD student, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics.
January 2002 Mag. rer. nat. (MS) with highest distinction, University of Salzburg.
Diploma thesis: Zerlegungsgleichheit von Kreis und Quadrat (in German).
Advisor: Prof. Peter Gerl.
October 1996 - January 2002 Undergraduate student, University of Salzburg, Department of Mathematics.

Awards

December 2004 Würdigungspreis of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research 2004.
June 2002 Hans-Stegbuchner-Preis 2002 for my diploma thesis.
June 2000 Hans-Stegbuchner-Preis 2000 for my study performance.

Research grants

2010 - 2013 Stand-alone Project of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
2008 - 2010 Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).