Led or participated in several major research projects:
GALA (EU Sixth Framework Programme STREP project, 2006–2009), leader of the Trondheim node
3D CSEM: Inversion and Modeling (2012–2015), joint project between NTNU and EMGS
SPIRIT: Structure Preserving Integrators, discRete Integrable systems and algebraic combinaTorics (2013–2017), funded by the Research Council of Norway, project leader
Leader of the Special Year in Geometric Integration at the Center for Advanced Study, Oslo (2002–2003), co-organized with Prof. Munthe-Kaas (University of Bergen)
Leadership and service:
President of the Norwegian Mathematical Council since 2015
Board Member of SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education), 2012–2015
President of the Norwegian Mathematical Society, 2007–2011 (board member since 2004)
Council Member of ECMI (European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry), 2007–2011
Leader of study programme in Physics and Math at NTNU, 2004–2007 and 2008–2012
Board Member of UNIK (University Graduate Center at Kjeller) since 2015
Research Experience
1994–present: Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU
2012–2017: Vice Dean of Education, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU
1992–1993: Assistant Professor (Førsteamanuensis), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Trondheim
1990–1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
1990: Lecturer, Norwegian Institute of Technology
1987–1989: PhD Fellowship, NTH
1986: Research Assistant (vitenskapelig assistent), Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTH
1988–1990: Part-time Research Scientist (forsker), SINTEF Industrial Mathematics, Trondheim
1985–1988: Research Geophysicist, SERES A/S, Trondheim