Klaus Schmitt

Klaus Schmitt (born 1940 in Rimbach/Odenwald, Germany) is an American mathematician doing research in nonlinear differential equations, and nonlinear analysis.

Schmitt completed the Abitur at Rimbach's Martin-Luther-Schule in 1960. He received a BA in mathematics and physics from St. Olaf College in 1962, an MA (1964) and PhD in mathematics from the University of Nebraska in 1967. He began his 43-year career at the University of Utah in 1967, first as assistant, then associate, then as full professor of mathematics. He also served as chairman of the department of mathematics from 1989 to 1992.

Schmitt served short-term appointments as visiting professor at the University of Würzburg,  University of Karlsruhe, University of Stuttgart, University Catholique de Louvain, University of Bremen, Technical University of Berlin, University of Heidelberg, University of Kaiserslautern, University of Sydney, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Catolica de Chile, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and the Chern Institute of Mathematics in Tianjin, China.

He has served as professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Utah since 2010.

Schmitt was awarded the Humboldt Prize in mathematics in 1978 and was honored as a University of Nebraska Distinguished Alumnus in 2000. Provided by Wikipedia