Finnur Lárusson

Professor of Pure Mathematics
University of Adelaide

Areas of research: complex analysis, complex geometry, pluripotential theory, homotopical algebra

I work in complex analysis and geometry, a major branch of modern mathematics with deep classical roots and applications in physics and engineering. It deals with the analysis of holomorphic functions ("calculus with complex numbers") and the geometry of the spaces on which they live. Complex analysis has always been an interdisciplinary subject, and this is more apparent today than ever before. It interacts strongly with algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, differential geometry, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, potential theory, and representation theory, to name just those areas that my work has involved.

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    Education
    Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1992. Advisor: R. Narasimhan
    M.S., University of Chicago, 1988
    B.S., University of Iceland, 1987

    Employment
    Professor, University of Adelaide, 2015-
    Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, 2007-2014
    Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide, 2006
    Professor, University of Western Ontario, 2006-2007 (on leave)
    Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, 1999-2006
    Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, 1995-1999
    Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1993-1995
    Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992-1993

    Service (major roles)
    Vice-President, Australian Mathematical Society, 2023-
    Chair, Australian Council of Heads of Mathematical Sciences, 2022-2024
    Associate Editor, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2014-
    Member, Council of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2010-2013
    Director, AMSI Summer School, 2011
    Member, Research Committee, Canadian Mathematical Society, 2002-2006; Chair 2005
    Chair, Doctoral Prize Selection Committee, Canadian Mathematical Society, 2004

    Organization of conferences and workshops

  • Co-organizer (with Kengo Hirachi, Qi'an Guan, Dano Kim, Shigeharu Takayama, and Yoshihiko Matsumoto): Hayama Symposium on Complex Analysis in Several Variables XXII, July 2021
  • Co-organizer (with Leandro Arosio and Rasul Shafikov): Second Virtual Conference on Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, 10 May - 13 June 2021
  • Co-organizer (with Leandro Arosio and Rasul Shafikov): Virtual Conference on Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, 4 May - 14 June 2020
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Conference on Stein Manifolds and Holomorphic Mappings, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2018
  • Co-organizer (with Erlend Fornaess Wold, Franc Forstneric, Frank Kutzschebauch, and Berit Stensones): Workshop on Frontiers in Elliptic Holomorphic Geometry, Jevnaker, Norway, October 2016
  • Co-organizer (with Norm Levenberg, Rasul Shafikov, and Alexander Sukhov): Workshop on Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Banff International Research Station, May 2016
  • Organizer: Mini-workshop on Elliptic Complex Geometry, Nordan 2105, The Nordic Complex Analysis Conference, University of Iceland, April 2015
  • Co-organizer (with Craig Westerland): Special Session on Geometry and Topology, Australian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Wollongong, September 2011
  • Co-organizer (with Michael Murray and Mathai Varghese): Workshop on New Currents in Geometry in Australia, University of Adelaide, November 2009
  • Co-organizer (with Gerd Schmalz): Special Session on Geometric Analysis, Australian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Adelaide, 28 September - 1 October 2009
  • Co-organizer (with Dan Coman, Stefan Nemirovski, and Rasul Shafikov): Workshop on Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Banff International Research Station, 31 May - 5 June 2009
  • Co-organizer (with Nicholas Buchdahl and Michael Eastwood): Workshop on Complex Geometry, University of Adelaide, February 2009
  • Co-organizer (with Tatyana Foth and Rasul Shafikov): Session on Complex Analytic Geometry, Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, London, Ontario, December 2007
  • Organizer: Workshop on Several Complex Variables and Complex Geometry, University of Adelaide, August 2007
  • Co-organizer (with Michael Murray and Mathai Varghese): Special Session on Differential Geometry, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Sydney, September 2006
  • Co-organizer (with John Bland, Herve Gaussier, Kang-Tae Kim, Steven G. Krantz, and Junjiro Noguchi): Workshop on Analytic and Geometric Theories of Holomorphic and CR Mappings, Banff International Research Station, 29 April - 4 May 2006
  • Co-organizer (with Hans U. Boden, B. Doug Park, and Mainak Poddar): The 2005 Great Lakes Geometry Conference, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, 30 April - 1 May 2005
  • Co-organizer (with Dan Coman and Evgeny Poletsky): The Midwest Several Complex Variables Meeting, Syracuse, New York, October 2003; London, Ontario, April 2004
  • Co-organizer (with Ragnar Sigurðsson): Nordan 2002, the 6th Nordic Complex Analysis Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, March 2002
  • Co-organizer (with Ragnar Sigurðsson): Special Session on Complex Analysis in Higher Dimensions, AMS-Scandinavian International Mathematics Meeting - 23rd Nordic Congress of Mathematicians, Odense, Denmark, June 2000
  • Co-organizer (with Steven Lu): The Ontario Analytic Geometry Seminar, September 1996, September 1997, April 1998
  • Organizer: Joint CRM-CMS Session on Complex Analysis and Geometry, Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, London, Ontario, December 1996

    Invited talks since 1997
    Complex Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamics III (international conference), Portoroz, Slovenia
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Seminario de Geometria, Instituto de Matematicas, University of Granada, Spain
    Topology Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Brisbane
    Seminar on Several Complex Variables and Complex Geometry, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    29th Nordic Congress of Mathematicians, Aalborg, Denmark (plenary lecture)
    Conference on Oka Theory and Complex Geometry, Nordfjordeid, Norway
    Workshop on Complex Analysis and Geometry (virtual, based in Russia)
    Hayama Symposium on Complex Analysis in Several Variables XXII (virtual, based in Japan)
    Keynote talk, Session on Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society (virtual)
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy (2 talks)
    Geometry Seminar, University of Granada, Spain
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Workshop on Holomorphic Maps, Pluripotentials and Complex Geometry, Shizuoka, Japan (2 talks)
    Conference on Mapping Problems and Complex Manifolds in Projective Spaces, University of Oslo, Norway
    Conference on Stein Manifolds and Holomorphic Mappings, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Pure Mathematics Seminar, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Colloquium, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia
    Conference on Complex Geometry, Dynamical Systems and Foliation Theory, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore
    Analysis, PDE, and Geometry Seminar, Monash University, Melbourne
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
    Geometry and Topology Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Adelaide
    A series of six lectures, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
    Seminar, National University of Singapore
    Nordan 2015, the 19th Nordic Complex Analysis Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland
    Workshop on Geometric Methods of Complex Analysis, Oberwolfach, Germany
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    A series of eight lectures, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
    Symposium on Complex Analysis and Complex Dynamics, Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum, Sanya, China
    Geometric Analysis Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Sydney
    Algebra-Geometry-Topology Seminar, University of Melbourne
    Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Related Fields, Australian National University, Canberra
    KAWA 4 - Workshop on Complex Analysis, Albi, France
    International Conference on Complex Analysis, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Department of Mathematics Colloquium, Syracuse University
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Geometric Analysis Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Brisbane
    Geometry and Topology Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Brisbane
    Algebra-Geometry-Topology Seminar, University of Melbourne
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Korea-Australia Analysis Forum, Busan, Korea
    Analysis and Geometry Seminar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Mathematisches Kolloquium, Universität Bern, Switzerland
    Workshop on Complex Geometry, Universität Bern, Switzerland
    National Research Symposium in Several Complex Variables and Geometry, Australian National University, Canberra
    Workshop on Recent Developments in Non-Kähler Geometry, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
    Colloquium, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, Canberra
    Geometry Session, Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Melbourne
    8th International Conference on Several Complex Variables, Gyeong-Ju, Korea
    Conference on Complex Function Theory and Geometry, Banach Centre, Warsaw
    Séminaire Analyse et Géométrie Complexes, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
    Public Lecture, Icelandic Mathematical Society
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    8th Pacific Rim Geometry Conference, Murramarang, New South Wales, Australia
    AMSI Workshop on Several Complex Variables and CR Geometry, University of New England, Australia
    Several Complex Variables Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    International Conference on Several Complex Variables in Memory of Anatoly Vitushkin, Steklov Institute, Moscow
    Workshop on Analytic and Algebraic Methods in Complex and CR Geometry, BIRS, Banff
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Complex Variables Session, Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting, Waterloo
    Joint Colloquium, Sydney University and University of New South Wales, Australia
    Algebra and Topology Seminar, Australian National University
    Department of Pure Mathematics Colloquium, University of Waterloo
    Geometry and Topology Seminar, CIRGET, Centre de recherches mathematiques, Montreal
    Conference on Complex Analysis - Journees Complexes du Nord, University of Iceland
    Conference on Homotopy Theory and Its Applications, London, Ontario
    Algebra Seminar, Australian National University
    Differential Geometry Seminar, University of Adelaide, Australia
    Seminar, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Analysis Session, Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting, Quebec
    Analysis Seminar, University of California, San Diego
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Several Complex Variables Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Geometric Analysis Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of Victoria
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of Calgary
    Nordan 2001, the 5th Nordic Complex Analysis Meeting, Oslo, Norway
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Several Complex Variables Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, McMaster University
    Analysis Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Department of Mathematics Colloquium, Syracuse University
    PhD Euroconference on Complex Analysis and Holomorphic Dynamics, Platja d'Aro, Spain
    American Mathematical Society Regional Meeting, University of Notre Dame
    Complex Analysis Seminar, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
    Pluricomplex Seminar, Uppsala University, Sweden
    Mathematics Colloquium, University of Iceland
    American Mathematical Society Regional Meeting, SUNY Buffalo
    Midwest Several Complex Variables Seminar, Fields Institute, Toronto
    Several Complex Variables Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Icelandic Mathematical Society Colloquium, University of Iceland
    Workshop on Pluripotential Theory, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
    Meeting on Fundamental Groups in Geometry, Oberwolfach, Germany
    Department of Mathematics Colloquium, Lund University, Sweden
    Complex Analysis Seminar, Chalmers Institute of Technology and Gothenburg University, Sweden
    Topology/Geometry Seminar, McMaster University
    Symposium in honour of Sigurdur Helgason, University of Iceland
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, University of Calgary
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Toulouse, France
    Complex Analysis Seminar, University of Nancy, France
    Analysis Seminar, University of Lille, France
    Ontario Topology Seminar, Fields Institute, Toronto
    The 1st Nordic Complex Analysis Meeting, Trosa, Sweden
    Pluricomplex Seminar, Uppsala University, Sweden
    Joint Analysis Seminar, Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Toronto