After studying mechanical engineering, Prof. Albert Fässler studied mathematics at ETH Zurich with a minor in physics, where he received his doctorate in 1976 on the subject of applied group theory. He taught at ETH and then for many years at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Research stays include the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications IMA at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, University of Colorado in Ft. Collins and Fudan University in Shanghai. Since his retirement in 2008, he has taught at the Fudan, Anna and Abdur Rahman Universities in Chennai, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in South India, National Chiao Tung in Hsinchu. He gave lectures at conferences in Sapporo (2023), Singapore (2024) and in November 2024 at Tsinghua and Beihang Universities in Beijing, National Taiwan Tech in Taipei and ShanghaiTech in Shanghai.