Curriculum Vitae for Mads Peter Sørensen

Born in Øse, Denmark, April 11, 1957.

1973 (August) - 1976 (June):
High school, Varde, Denmark.

1976 (September) - 1981 (December):
Engineering studies (applied mathematics, physics and mechanics) at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. January 1, 1982, Master of Science in Mechanical engineering.

1982 (January 1) - 1984 (August 30):
Ph.D. student with Prof. P.L. Christiansen and Prof. O. Skovgaard as supervisors, at the Laboratory of Applied Mathematical Physics (LAMF), The Technical University of Denmark, Bldg. 303, DK-2800 Lyngby.

1984 (August 30) - 1984 (December 31):
Research associate at LAMF.

1985 (January 1) - 1985 (December 31):
Post doctoral fellow at IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Saümerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

1986 (January 1) - 1988 (December 31):
Post doctoral fellow at LAMF.

1989 (January 1) - 1989 (June 30):
Research associate and teaching assistant at LAMF.

1989 (July 1) - 1990 (June 30):
Post doctoral fellow at IBM Zürich Research Laboratory.

1990 (July 1) - 1993 (August 31):
Associate professor at LAMF.

1993 (September 1) - 2000 (October 30)
Associate professor at the Department of Mathematical Modelling (IMM), The Technical University of Denmark.

2000 (November 1) - 2001 (October 30)
Visiting scientist at the Department of Mathematics, Universty of Arizona, Tucson, USA.

2001 (November 1) -
Associate professor at the Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (IMM),
The Technical University of Denmark.

Title of Ph.D. thesis

Resarch interest:

• Nonlinear dynamics applied to optical pulse propagation in fibers and fiber amplifiers. Perturbed Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation. Fiber ring laser. Colliding pulse mode locked quantum well lasers.
• Josephson junctions modelled by the perturbed sine-Gordon equation. High temperature superconductivity.
• Mathematical problems in industry.
  Past projects are: 1) ultrasound propagation in anisotropic and inhomogeneous materials (together with the FORCE Institute), 2) The Float-zone process for growing silicium single crystals (together with Topsil), 3) Control and dynamics of the atomic force microscope (together with Danish Institute for Fundamental Metrology).
  Current projects are: 1) None touchable inspections of industrial processes and systems (together with the FORCE Institute), 2) Primary normals for measuring a.c. voltages (together with Danish Institute for Fundamental Metrology).

Miscellaneous:

Member of the Danish Physical Society, the Danish Optical Society, and the Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (DCAMM). Reviewer for Physical Review, Physica Scripta, Physics Letters, Journal of Physics, and the Arabic Golf Journal of Scientific Research. Secretary in the Solid State Section of the Danish Physical Society from August 1988 until June 1989. From July 1990 until December 1996 board member of the Solid State Section of the Danish Physical Society.

Board member of the educational committee of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI).