Vern Paulsen received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1977. He spent two years at the University of Kansas before moving to the University of Houston. In 1996, he became a John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Department of Mathematics.
He has written four graduate level texts in mathematics, published over 100 research articles, and won several teaching awards. His mathematical research includes quantum information theory and he has been involved in Quantum Information Technology (QIT) programmes at Sweden's Mittag-Leffler Institute and Cambridge's Isaac Newton Institute.
He moved to the University of Waterloo in July 2015 as a faculty member in the Faculty of Mathematics and as a member of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).
Research expertise
- Operator Theory
- Operator Algebras
- Frame Theory
- C*-Algebras
- Quantum Information Theory
Degrees
- BA, Mathematics, Western Michigan University's Honors College, 1973
- PhD, Mathematics, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, 1977
Awards & Honors
- John and Rebecca Moores Professor, 1996-Present
- University of Houston Faculty Recognition Award, 2014
- University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award, 2008
- Distinguished Alumni Award for Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 2007
- ΦBK Membership: Selected for Retroactive Membership when WMU Chapter Initiated, 2007
- College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Teaching Excellence Award, 1997
- University of Houston Research Excellence Award, 1988
Major Positions
| Title |
Location |
When |
|---|
| Professor |
Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo |
2015-Present |
| John and Rebecca Moores Professor |
University of Houston |
1996-2015 |
| Professor |
University of Houston |
1987-2015 |
| Visiting Fellow |
Isaac Newton Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge |
2013 |
| Director of Graduate Studies |
Mathematics, University of Houston |
1998-2000 |
| Visiting Associate Professor |
University of Indiana |
1985-1986 |
| Associate Professor |
University of Houston |
1983-1987 |
| Visiting Assistant Professor |
SUNY at Stony Brook |
1983 |
| Assistant Professor |
University of Houston |
1979-1983 |
| Instructor |
University of Kansas |
1977-1979 |
