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Head of department through time

Read about all our heads from 1972 to the present in the timeline below.

  • Martin Svensson

    Martin Svensson


    Associate Professor Martin Svensson took up the position as Head of Department in 2011. Martin Svensson joined the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in 2006.

  • Claus Michelsen

    Claus Michelsen


    Professor Claus Michelsen took up the position as Head of Department in 2007.

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  • Anne Gerdes Rasmussen

    Anne Gerdes Rasmussen


    Associate Professor Anne Gerdes Rasmussen took up the position as Head of Department in 2006.


  • Kim Skak Larsen

    Kim Skak Larsen


    Professor Kim Skak Larsen took up the position as Head of Department on 25 January 2003.

  • Edmund Christiansen

    Edmund Christiansen


    Associate Professor Edmund Christiansen took up the position as Head of Department in 2000.


  • Hans Jørgen Munkholm

    Hans Jørgen Munkholm


    Associate Professor Hans Jørgen Munkholm took up his second position as Head of Department in 1996. Hans Jørgen Munkholm joined the University of Southern Denmark when the Department of Mathematics was established in 1972, where he remained until his retirement in 2010. Hans Jørgen Munkholm was named Lecturer of the Year at the Faculty of Science in both 1994 and 2004. He was Dean of the same faculty from 1985 to 1991.

  • Niels Jørgen Nielsen

    Niels Jørgen Nielsen


    Associate Professor Niels Jørgen Nielsen took up his third position as Head of Department in 1992.

  • Peter Kornerup

    Peter Kornerup


    Professor Peter Kornerup took up the position as Head of Department in 1991.


  • Bent Ørsted

    Bent Ørsted


    Associate Professor Bent Ørsted took up the position as Head of Department in 1989.


  • Erik Kjær Pedersen

    Erik Kjær Pedersen


    Associate Professor Erik Kjær Pedersen took up the position as Head of Department on 1 December 1986.

  • John William Perram

    John William Perram


    Professor John William Perram took up the position as Head of Department on 1 December 1984.

  • Niels Jørgen Nielsen

    Niels Jørgen Nielsen


    Associate Professor Niels Jørgen Nielsen took up his second position as Head of Department in 1982.

  • Bjarne Toft

    Bjarne Toft


    Associate Professor Bjarne Toft took up his position as Head of Department on 1 December 1980.

  • Goeffrey Francis Yeo

    Goeffrey Francis Yeo


    Associate Professor Goeffrey Francis Yeo took up the position as Head of Department on 1 December 1978.

  • Niels Jørgen Nielsen

    Niels Jørgen Nielsen


    Associate Professor Niels Jørgen Nielsen took up his first position as Head of Department in 1976.

  • Hans Jørgen Munkholm

    Hans Jørgen Munkholm


    Associate Professor Hans Jørgen Munkholm took up his first position as Head of Department in 1974.

  • Edgar Asplund

    Edgar Asplund


    Professor Edgar Asplund joined the Department of Mathematics as Head of Department and sole member of staff on 1 February 1972.

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  • Odense M - DK-5230
  • Phone: +45 6550 2387

Last Updated 09.08.2023