Olav Kallenberg

Olav Kallenberg
Born1939 (1939)
CitizenshipSwedish and American
Alma materRoyal Institute of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology (PhD)
Known forRandom measures;
Probabilistic symmetries;
Foundations of modern probability
AwardsRollo Davidson Prize
Scientific career
FieldsProbability Theory
InstitutionsChalmers University
Auburn University
Doctoral advisorPeter Jagers
Other academic advisorsCarl-Gustav Esseen

Olav Kallenberg (born September 22, 1939) is a Swedish-American mathematician, working in all areas of probability theory. He is especially known for his work on random measures and probabilistic symmetries, and for his graduate-level textbooks and monographs. Since 2018 he is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Auburn University, AL.