Person
Dancer, Edward Norman (Norman) (1946 - )
FAA
- Born
- 29 December 1946
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Norman Dancer is Chair and Professor of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney. Prior to this he had been at the University of New England for around twenty years where he worked his way up from Lecturer to Personal Chair of Mathematics. Dancer has also spent much time working and lecturing at overseas Universities and Institutes on short term sabbaticals and has presented his work at many international meetings. His present research interests include nonlinear analysis, especially degree theory, Morse theory and Conley index; applications to nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations, including singular perturbations; bifurcation theory.
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Chronology
- 1965 - 1968
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), Australian National University in Canberra
- 1969
- Career position - Tutor of Applied Mathematics, Australian National University (7 months)
- 1969 - 1971
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK (conferred 1992)
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Visitor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
- 1972 - 1973
- Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of New England in New South Wales
- 1976 - 1981
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of New England
- 1981 - 1987
- Career position - Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of New England
- 1987 - 1993
- Career position - Personal Chair of Mathematics, University of New England
- 1993 -
- Career position - Professor and Chair of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
- 1996 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2002
- Award - Humboldt Research Award, Humboldt Foundation and Helmholtz Association
- 2009
- Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 2017
- Award - Schauder Medal, Juliusz P. Schauder Center for Nonlinear Studies
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Yihong Di, 'The work of Norman Dancer', Discrete and continuous dynamical systems series S, 12 (7) (2019), 1807-33, https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdss.2019119. Details
Resources
- Hannan Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/hannan-medal. Details
- 'Dancer, E N (1946-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502839. Details
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Created: 31 May 2001, Last modified: 7 February 2011