Christian Kanzow

Scientific Curriculum Vitae

Studies

1987-1989 at the University of Kiel, Germany
1989-1992 at the University of Hamburg, Germany

Degrees

1992 Diploma in Mathematics at the University of Hamburg
1995 Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Hamburg
1997 Habilitation in Mathematics at the University of Hamburg

Positions

1992-1995 "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" at the University of Hamburg
1995-2001 "Wissenschaftlicher Assistent" at the University of Hamburg
2001-today Full Professor at the University of Würzburg

Research Stays

1997-1998 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA
1998-1999 at the Universita di Roma "La Sapienza" in Rome, Italy
Several shorter research stays in Kyoto, Sydney, Rome etc.

"Vertretungsprofessur"

1999-2000 "Vertretungsprofessur" at the University of Trier

Scientific Awards

Kurt-Hartwig-Siemers-Preis 1995 for excellent Ph.D. Thesis
Charles Broyden Prize 2008 : Best paper award from the journal "Optimization Methods and Software"
UTIA Best Paper Award 2010 (2nd prize), Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Marital Status

I am married to Karin Kanzow since 1988. We have three kids:
Rainer Kanzow (born 1993)
Florian Kanzow (born 1994)
Christoph Kanzow (born 1996)