Education

Garden

Grup Escolar República Argentina

1948 – 1950

Primary

Escola la Salle Bonanova

1950 – 1955

High school

Col·legi La Salle Bonanova

1955 – 1960

University

Universitat de Barcelona

1960 – 1965

Graduate in Science
(Math Section),

UNIVERSITY: Universitat de Barcelona

YEAR: 1965

Doctor in
Mathematical Science,

UNIVERSITY: Universitat de Barcelona

YEAR: 1973

Ph.D. undertaken at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zürich,

supervised by Beno Eckmann.

Present position

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Professor emeritus of Mathematics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

Honorary Director of the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, since 2007.

Posts and responsibilities

  • 1976-2014 Professor of Mathematics (Geometry and Topology) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • 1978-1982 President of the Mathematics Section of the Societat Catalana de Ciències Físiques, Químiques i Matemàtiques.
  • 1984-2007 Founder and director of the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM)
  • 1987-1991 Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • 1988-1991 Member of the Social Council of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona..
  • 1989-1992 Secretary General of theInstitut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC).
  • 1992-1995 Vice-president of theInstitut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • 1993-1994  Vice-rector of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • 1995-2002  President of the l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • 1996-2005  Member of the Social Council of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
  • 1999-2002  Member of the Consell Assessor per al Desenvolupament Sostenible, of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
  • 2001-2008  Managing editor of the series Advanced Courses in Mathematics CRM Barcelona, published by Birkhäuser Verlag.
  • 2002-2005  Chairman of ERCOM (European Research Centres on Mathematics).
  • 2007-2020 Director of the Ferran Sunter i Balaguer Foundation.

Prizes and achievements

  • Member of theInstitut d’Estudis Catalans (1978-).
  • Creu de Sant Jordi 2006 (Honour awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya).
  • Narcís Monturiol’s medal from the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1991 for scientific and technological merit.
  • Membre of the Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse (2014-).
  • Founder and president of the Fundació Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, which awards annually an international Prize in Mathematics (1992-2002).
  • Evaluator of various projects and programmes run by the Catalonian government, the Spanish government and the EU (programes  Science, Research Training and Mobility, Improving Research Human Capital, Marie Curie Fellowships, Marie Curie Training Sites, High-Level Scientific Conferences, entre altres) (1989-).
  • Member of the Council of the European Mathematical Society (1994-2002) and (2004-2008).
  • Member of the jury of the Premis Nacionals de Cultura of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1998-2002).
  • Member of the Real Patronato de la Biblioteca Nacional (1997-2002).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st European Congress of Mathematics (París 1992).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of theEuropean Post-doctoral Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (EPDI) (2000-2007).

Membership of Scientific Associations

  • Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques
  • Schweizerische Mathematische Gesellschaft
  • Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung
  • European Mathematical Society
  • American Mathematical Society