Kristian Seip

Kristian Seip is a Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), since 1993. He has held leadership roles, including Department Chair (1997–2001) and Vice Dean for Education at the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (2006–2012). He holds an MSc and PhD from NTNU.

His research focuses on analysis and analytic number theory, with notable contributions to Dirichlet series, Hardy spaces, and operator theory. Key awards include the Frontiers of Science Award (2024), Doctor Honoris Causa from Universitat de Barcelona (2024), and Inaugural Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012). He is a member of prestigious academies like the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.

Seip has led major research projects, including the 2012–2013 Centre for Advanced Study program on Operator-Related Function Theory (co-leader with Yurii Lyubarskii) and multiple grants from the Research Council of Norway. His work emphasizes Fourier methods, multiplicative analysis, and interpolation theory.