Norbert Steinmetz graduated from and held his first academic positions at Technische Universität (TU) Karlsruhe (now KIT). Later he held the chair Funktionentheorie (Complex Analysis) at TU Dortmund for almost 25 years. His research interests include Nevanlinna theory, ordinary differential equations in the complex domain, and complex dynamics. He has written a number of research articles and a book on rational iteration.
