Curriculum Vitae 

 

Gottfried Josef Mayer
(aka Gottfried Mayer-Kress)
267N Rec Hall, Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802
gxm21@psu.edu, http://www.personal.psu.edu/~gxm21

 

Personal Data: Born 22/3/1954 in Gauselfingen, Germany, Permanent US resident since 1991

Academic Education:

1972-1978

Study of Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy  at the Universities Goettingen, Tuebingen, and Hamburg

1978

Diploma in theoretical physics with Prof. G. Mack, University of Hamburg on: ``Stress-Energy-Tensor and Field Algebra in Two-Dimensional Conformally Invariant Quantum Field Theories''

1984

Dr.rer.nat. in theoretical physics with Prof. H. Haken, University of Stuttgart on: "On the Persistence of Chaos and Order in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems"

Professional Employment:

1979-1984

Research Assistant, Institute of theoretical Physics, University of  Stuttgart

1984-1987

Director's postdoctoral fellow, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA, Visiting appointment at the Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM

1987-1988

Research Statistician, Laboratory for Biological Dynamics and Theoretical Medicine, University of California at San Diego and at the Crump Institute for Medical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Visiting Scientist, Institute for Nonlinear Science, UCSD

1988 - 1991

Visiting assistant professor, Mathematics Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, Visiting appointment at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM

1992 - 1995

Visiting assistant professor, Center for Complex Systems Research, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

1995 – 1998

Mentor, Ross Institute, East Hampton, NY, Visiting Professor, University of Potsdam, Germany

1995 -

Adjunct Associate Professor, Penn State University, University Park, Visiting Professor, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Germany

2000 -

Visiting Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

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