Hans Z. Munthe-Kaas is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Bergen , Norway. His academic roles include Chair of the Abel Prize Committee , Editor-in-Chief of Foundations of Computational Mathematics , and President of the Norwegian Mathematical Society . As Project Leader for the Lie-Størmer Center and the RCN-Fripro CODYSMA project, he bridges pure and applied mathematics with computational science. Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen Editor-in-Chief, Foundations of Computational Mathematics Chair, Abel Prize Committee President, Norwegian Mathematical Society His research spans geometric integration , post-Lie algebras , and Lie-Butcher series , with applications in numerical analysis , stochastic differential equations , and combinatorial Hopf algebras . Recent publications focus on equivariant methods , symmetric spaces , and aromatic B-series . Earlier work includes parallel algorithms and coordinate-free numerics , leading to the development of the DiffMan MATLAB toolbox for manifold differential equations. Scientific contributions emphasize algebraic structures in numerical methods, with connections to renormalization , non-commutative symmetric functions , and spectral element methods using multivariate Chebyshev polynomials . Awards include the Esso prize (1999) . He teaches courses like Mat101 (Precalculus) and mentors students in advanced mathematical computation.










