Education
He completed the Doctor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966, under the direction of Henry McKean and became Full Professor in 1976.
He completed the Doctor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966, under the direction of Henry McKean and became Full Professor in 1976.
His research areas include probability theory, mathematical analysis, Fourier Analysis and wavelets. Pinsky earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His published works include 125 research papers and ten books, including several conference proceedings and textbooks.
His 2002 book, Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Wavelets, has been translated into Spanish.
Pinsky has been at Northwestern since 1968, following a two-year postdoctoral position at Stanford. He served on the Executive Committee of MSRI for the period 1996–2000.
Pinsky was an invited speaker at the meeting to honor Stanley Zietz in Philadelphia at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, on 20 March 2008.
Pinsky is a member of the American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society), Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Association of America, and has provided services for Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), most recently as Consulting Editor for the American Mathematical Society. Pinsky is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Theoretical Probability.