Matthias Holschneider

Matthias Holschneider received the Ph. D. degree in theoretical physics from the Center of Theoretical Physics, Marseille (CPT), France, in 1986, under the guidance of Alex Grossmann. From 1987–1997, he held a research position in the CNRS-CPT, Marseille-Luminy, France, and from 1991 to 1993, he was a Buisiness Consulant for McKinsey an Co., Berlin, Germany. From 1997–1999, he worked in geophysics at the Institut Physique du Globe (IPGP), Paris, France, and in collaboration with the Géophysique Department of Rennes, France. He became Director of Research in 1999 of the CNRS in Géophysique area and worked from 1999 to August 2001 with the CNRS-Géophysique Department of Rennes on some applications of wavelet transforms in geophysical signal processing. Currently, since September 2001, he holds the chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, where he also is the director of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Department.