Joachim Rosenthal is Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Zürich. From 2011-2013 he served as Chair of the Mathematics Department and from 2016-2020 he has been Vice Dean of the College of Science at the University of Zurich. From 1990 until 2006 he has been with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, USA, where he has been last "The Notre Dame Chair in Applied Mathematics" and Concurrent Professor of Electrical Engineering. Joachim Rosenthal is a Fellow of IEEE and a Honorary Professor of Universidad del Norte, Colombia.