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Professor David Kerr holds the position of Professor in the Mathematisches Institut at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster since 2021, where he is also an Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster. His field of expertise is operator algebras and mathematical physics, with research focusing on ergodic theory, C*-algebras, sofic groups, dynamical entropy, amenability, group actions, and related topics in dynamics and quantum groups. Kerr obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto in 2001, an M.Sc. in Mathematics from the same university in 1995, and a B.Math. (Honours) with a double major in Pure and Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in 1994. Before joining Münster, he served at Texas A&M University for sixteen years, progressing from Assistant Professor (2004–2009) to Associate Professor (2009–2013) and Professor (2013–2020). Earlier postdoctoral appointments included NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Tokyo (2001–2002) and University of Rome I (2002–2003), an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the University of Münster (2003–2004), and a JSPS Research Fellowship at the University of Tokyo (2004–2005). He has held visiting positions at institutions such as ENS de Lyon, University of Tokyo, Erwin Schrödinger Institute, and Mittag-Leffler Institute.