Matt Visser: Curriculum Vita

Matt Visser

Professor of Mathematics
School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Victoria University
PO Box 600
Wellington
New Zealand
E-mail: matt.visser@mcs.vuw.ac.nz
Voice: 64-4-463-5115
Department: 64-4-463-5341
FAX: 64-4-463-5045

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Education:

• B.Sc. (Physics) 1976;
  
• B.A. (Mathematics) 1977;
  
• B.Sc. Hons. [first class] (Mathematics and Physics) 1978;
  
• M.Sc. [with distinction] (Mathematics) 1981;
          at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
  
• M.A. (Physics) 1981;
  
• Ph. D. (Physics) 1984;
          at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Books:

• Lorentzian Wormholes - from Einstein to Hawking.
          AIP Press; hardback 1995; paperback 1996; reprinted 1997 and 2002.
• Artificial Black Holes (edited by Mario Novello, Matt Visser, Grigori Volovik).
          World Scientific, October 2002.

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Awards:

• Fulbright-Hays scholar, 1978.
  
• Faculty Associate Award, 1982; at U.C. Berkeley,
          (for superior performance as a Teaching Associate).
  
• Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition
          Second Prize 1986 (with Professor I. Bars), for our essay:
          Feeble Forces and Gravity.

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Interests:

• Quantum physics under unusual conditions:
    - External gravitational fields.
    - External constraints.
    - External environments.

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Professional Experience:

• Postdoctoral research (1984 to 1987),
         at the University of Southern California.
  
• Postdoctoral research (1987 to 1989),
         at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  
• Senior Research Associate (1989 to 1991),
         at Washington University.
  
• Research Assistant Professor (1991 to 1998),
         at Washington University.
• Research Associate Professor (1998 to 2002),
         at Washington University.
  
• Reader in Mathematics (2002 to 2005),
         at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
  
• Professor of Mathematics (from 1 January 2006),
         at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
  

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Other information:

Homepage
Publication List
Research Interests
Book: Lorentzian Wormholes---from Einstein to Hawking
Book: Artificial Black Holes
Horizon: The Time Lords

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Exit routes:

To my personal homepage
To my standardized departmental homepage
To the Mathematics Department Page

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Last updated 5 July 2002

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