Institute for Advanced Study

IAS Distinguished Fellow Profile

Professor Frank Nijhoff

IAS Fellow 2006

Professor of Mathematical Physics in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds and Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP).

Professor Nijhoff's research interests include nonlinear differential and difference equations, discrete and continuous integrable systems, and quantum exactly solvable models. Prof Nijhoff is Chairman of the international steering committee of the SIDE (Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations) series of biannual conferences, and section editor for Mathematical Physics of the Journal of Physics A.