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Dr. Hermann PROSSINGER is a theoretical physicist, born in
Salzburg / Austria. He grew up in Toronto / Ontario and Sept-Iles /
Quebec, Canada. He then returned to Salzburg, where he finished his
secondary schooling in 1968. In the same year, he enrolled at the
University of Vienna, studying physics, mathematics, astronomy and
philosophy. He finished his Ph.D. in 1976 (dissertation topic:
"Isothermal Gas spheres in General Relativity Theory").
He has been active in many research projects:
(1) mathematical modeling of neutron diffusion in breeder reactors
(Argonne National Laboratories, USA);
(2) developing breeder cells for pest control wasps and airborne
emission systems for them in Nigeria (WHO, Rome);
(3) epistemology and history of medieval astronomy in central and
northern Italy in the 13th-14th Century (Warburg Institute, London,
England and Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, Italy);
(4) mathematical models and statistical analyses of prehistoric
(Bronze Age and Iron Age) and historic (Medieval) populations (Museum
of Natural History, Vienna, Austria).
Currently, he is working on various topics relating to the
interplay of mathematical models, statistics and biology at the
Institute for Anthropology, University of Vienna:
(1) time series analysis of anthropological and primatological
phenomena;
(2) Geometric Morphometrics;
(3) algorithmic removal of embedding matrices using CT-scans of
fossils;
(4) statistical analysis of asymmetries in crania
He is a member of the Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft
(Austrian Physical Society), the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists, and of the Anthropologische Gesellschaft in
Wien (Anthropological Society in Vienna).
Teaching Experience
| 1973 - 1976 |
Teaching Assistant, Insitut für Theoretische
Physik, Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Mathematics tutor, Wiener Urania, Wien, Österreich |
| 1976 - 1977 |
Practical training at Centre of Human Genetics at the
University of Bremen
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| 1978 - 1979 |
Mathematics tutor, Arbeitsgem. für Mathematik,
Wien, Österreich |
| since 1977 |
Teacher of Physics and Computer Science, American International
School Vienna, Wien, Österreich |
| since 1996 |
Lecturer, Institut für Anthropologie,
Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich |
| since 2002 |
Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for
Anthropology, University of Vienna |
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