Holger Rootzén (born 25 March 1945) is a Swedish mathematical statistician. He is Professor in Mathematical Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences,

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology (, commonly referred to as Chalmers) is a private university, private research university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Chalmers focuses on engineering and science, but more broadly it also conducts research ...

since 1993.

Education and career

Rootzén obtained his Ph.D. in 1974 with the thesis ''On sequences of random variables which are mixing in the sense of Renyi''. He has earlier been professor at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

and lecturer at

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

. Rootzén is member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

. He also serves as adjunct member on the Price Committee for the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He has been editor-in-chief for the scientific journals ''Extremes'', '' Bernoulli'', and '' Scandinavian Journal of Statistics'' and has received many grants, including a 2013 grant of 50 million SEK from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation.

Research

Rootzén's research areas include probabilistic limit theory, statistics of extremes, and use of mathematics and statistics in medicine, engineering, and

risk assessment Risk assessment is a process for identifying hazards, potential (future) events which may negatively impact on individuals, assets, and/or the environment because of those hazards, their likelihood and consequences, and actions which can mitigate ...

in economics, epidemiology, and environmental science.

Bibliography

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References

External links

Holger Rootzén at the home page of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Home page of Holger Rootzén at Chalmers University of Technology
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rootzen, Holger 1945 births Living people Academic staff of the Chalmers University of Technology Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 20th-century Swedish mathematicians Swedish statisticians Mathematical statisticians Lund University alumni