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Personal data: |
| Date of birth: | 25. September 1953, in Reykjavik |
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Austurströnd 12, 170 Seltjarnarnes
Iceland
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Education: |
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Stúdentspróf, Reykjavik Junior College 1973
A.B. Brandeis University 1976
M.A. Harvard University 1977
Ph. D. Harvard University 1980
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Research assistant and teaching assistant in the Department of Physics,
Harvard University 1977 - 1980
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Research Fellow, The Science Institute, University of Iceland
1980-81 and 1983-86.
Research Professor at the same institute from 1989-2008
Head of the Mathematics Division 1997-1999
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Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Iceland
1983-86 and 1990-1998. Professor of theoretical physics from 2008.
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Research Fellow at Nordita 1982-83 and 1986-87
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Visiting Scientist at Nordita and The Niels Bohr Institute 1987-89
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Chairman of the Icelandic Physical Society 1983-85
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Member of the Board of Nordita 1993-1998
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Representative of Iceland to the NATO Science Committee 1993-2005
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Member of the Natural Sciences Board of the Icelandic Science Council
1996-2000, Chairman of the Board 1998-2000.
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Chairman of the Board of Nordita from 2007.
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