Professor Gerd Schmalz
Professor - Academic Board; School of Science and Technology
Biography
Gerd Schmalz is a Professor of Mathematics. His research interest is in CR geometry, which is an interdisciplinary field that uses methods from Several complex variables, Differential geometry, Lie group theory and Differential equations. Applications of recent results include General relativity. Gerd has previously worked at Karl-Weierstrass-Institute, Bonn University, University of California at San Diego, Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics and since 2005 for UNE. He was the Leading Chief Investigator of an ARC grant on “Symmetries in Real and Complex Geometry”. His research network includes colleagues from Australia, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic, Russia and New Zealand. He has published more than 50 research papers and has been regularly invited to deliver talks at international conferences.