
Today's reception celebrated Professor
Jørgen Bang-Jensen who has been employed at the department since 1991, where he started as an associate professor after his assistant professorship at the University of Copenhagen. He has now retired and become a professor emeritus. Jørgen also earned his Ph.D. degree at SDU (when it was Odense University) with
Bjarne Toft as his advisor. Jørgen has an impressive publication record with more than 150 articles - primarily in journals, he has advised many succesful Ph.D. and M.S. students, has taught several different theory courses, and is very well-known in graph theory - among many other things for
his book with
Gregory Gutin on directed graphs. At the reception, the head of department, Martin Svensson, and Bjarne Toft, himself an emeritus here, gave speeches, thanking Jørgen for his service to the department and detailing his many achievements. The graph on the hammer and the table decoration depicts the smallest 2-regular tournament. You can find more information via Jørgen's home page or read a more personal interview in the feature
Problemknuserens livsrejse i grafteori.