| Name: | Gunnar Traustason |
| Date of Birth: | 1 April, 1965 |
| Nationality: | Icelandic |
| Languages spoken: | Icelandic (mother tongue), English and Swedish (fluently), French, German and Danish (working knowledge) |
| Marital status: | Married to Hélène Fouquet. We have two children, Sara (b. 2006) and Alexander (b. 2007). |
E-mail: gt223@maths.bath.ac.uk
Postal Address:
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
| 1984: | Finished A-levels at the secondary highshool, Menntaskólinn vid Hamrahlíð, Reykjavík. Got prize in Mathematics at the end of the studies. |
| 1984-1988: | Undergraduate student at the University of Iceland,
Reykjavík. Degree obtained: B.S. in Mathematics (1st) |
| 1990-1993: | Doctoral student at the University of Oxford,
England Scholarships: ORS 1990-1993 and FCO 1992-1993. Thesis: Engel Lie algebras Supervisor: Prof. M. Vaughan-Lee. Degree obtained: Ph.D. |
| 2004-: | Docent at the University of Lund, Sweden |
| 1988-1990: | Secondary high school teacher in Mathematics
at Menntaskólinn vid Hamrahlíð, Iceland |
| 1993-1998: | Junior Research Fellow in Mathematics at Christ Church (college), Oxford. |
| 1993: | Visiting Fellow at the University of Canberra,
Australia. The visit was for 6 weeks and was financed by a scholarship from the same University. |
| 1995: | Visiting Fellow at the University of Würzburg,
Germany. The visit was for 8 months and was financed by a grant from the Icelandic Science council. |
| 1998-2000: | Temporary lectureship in mathematics at the University of Bath, England. |
| 2000-2001: | Visiting Fellow at the University of Provence in
Marseille, France. Received a Marie Curie grant from the European Union to finance the visit. |
| 2001-2005: | Lecturer in Mathematics at Lunds Institute of Technology, Sweden. |
| 2005-2008: | Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of Bath. |
| 2008-2019: | Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of Bath. |
| 2019-: | Professor in Pure Mathematics at the University of Bath. |