Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Princeton Univ., 1991
M.A. in Mathematics, Princeton Univ., 1988
A.B. in Mathematics, Princeton Univ., 1987

Professor of Mathematics, UCLA, 2003-present
Director of Applied Mathematics, UCLA, 2005-present

Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Duke University, 1999-2004
Director, VIGRE program, Duke University 2000-2003
Director, Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Duke Univ., 1999-2000
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Duke University 1998-9
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Duke University, 1995-1998
Maria Geoppert-Mayer Distinguished Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory, 1995-6
L.E. Dickson Instructor and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1991-5

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations,
Thin Films and Moving Contact Lines,
Fluid Dynamics,
Image Processing,
Swarming dynamics

ONR Graduate Fellowship 1987-91
Bell Labs GRPW Grant 1987
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 1991-4
Sloan Research Fellowship 1995
Maria Geoppert-Mayer Distinguished Scholar-Argonne National Lab. 1995-6
ONR Young Investigator Award 1996
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 1996
Sonya Kovalevsky Prize and Lecture, 2009

Click here for a list of publications and preprints with some hypertext links.

Click here for a links to my recent invited talks.

Scientific Advisory Board, Banff International Research Station, 2009-
Board of Trustees, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, 2006-2010
SIAM Council Member, 2006-2008
Editorial Board SIAM J. Math. Analysis, 2005-present
Editorial Board, SIAM Review, 2004-present
Editorial Board, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (SIAM Journal), 2005-present
Editorial Board, Interfaces and Free Boundaries, 2003-present
Edtorial Board, Applied Mathematics Research Express, 2003-present
Editorial Board, Nonlinearity, 2006-present
Editorial Board, Comm. Math. Sci., 2009-present

Liya Zhornitskaya Ph.D. 1999, Duke University (postdoc at Univ. Bonn and Univ. Utah 1999-2003)
Edward Welsh, Ph. D. 2003, Duke University, Currently Assistant Prof. with Tenure at Westfield State College, MA
John Greer, Ph. D. 2003, Duke University, NSF Postdoc, Courant Institute (2004-7), currently employed by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
Yao-Li Chuang, Ph. D. in Physics, 2006, Duke University, Applied Math postdoc at UC Irvine, 2007, currently postdoc at Univ. of Texas, School of Health Information Sciences, Laboratory of Vittorio Cristini
Alan Gillette, Ph. D. 2006, UCLA, currently Director of Technical Operations, Human Concepts, Inc.
Yuan Huang, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2006, UCLA, currently employed in the defense industry in Los Angeles
Hsiang-Wei Lu, Ph. D. 2007, UCLA Mechanical Engineering, co-advised with CJ Kim, current joint postdoc between MIT and Harvey Mudd.
Benjamin Cook, Ph. D. 2007, UCLA, currently employed by Arete, Washington, DC
Julia Dobrosotskaya, Ph. D. 2009, UCLA, current employed as a postdoc at Univ. Maryland, College Park.

Alexander Chen, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, advanced to candidacy, UCLA
Yifei Lou, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, advanced to candidacy, UCLA
Wenhua Gao, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, advanced to candidacy, UCLA
Wangyi (Bobby) Liu, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, advanced to candidacy, UCLA
Nancy Rodriguez, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, UCLA
Matthew Mata, Ph. D. student in Mathematics, UCLA

Oleg Alexandrov (2006), Cadence Design Systems
Mark Bowen (2000-1), EPSRC postdoctoral fellow, Univ. of Nottingham UK, 2002-5
Shibin Dai (2005-8), Worchester Polytecnic Institute, postdoc
Maria D'Orsogna (2004-7), Assistant Professor tenure track, Cal State Northridge
Marc Droske (2005), German Industry
Selim Esedoglu (2004), Assoc. Professor with tenure, Univ. of Michigan
Lou Kondic (1997-9), Associate Professor with tenure, NJIT
Zhipu Jin (2006-7), Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Ning Ju (2002-2002), Assoc. Professor with tenure, Oklahoma State University
Daniel Marthaler (2002-4), Northrop Grumman, Inc.
Andreas Muench (postdoc 1998-9), lecturer (tenured faculty) at Univ. Nottingham, UK
Virginia Pasour (2007-8), Duke University, postdoc in biology
Dejan Slepcev (2004-6), Assistant Professor, tenure track, Carnegie-Mellon University
Linda Smolka (2002), Assistant Professor tenure track, Bucknell
Jeanman Sur (2001-3), Samsung, Korea
Chad Topaz (2002-6), Asst. Prof. tenure track, Macalaster College, Minneapolis, MN
Thomas Ward (2005-8), Asst. Prof. tenure track, North Carolina State University

Alethea Barbaro, co-mentored with Lincoln Chayes and Jeff Brantingham
Thomas Laurent
Mario Micheli, co-mentored with Tony Chan
George Mohler, co-mentored with Lincoln Chayes and Jeff Brantingham
Nebo Murisic
Martin Short, co-mentored with Lincoln Chayes and Jeff Brantingham
Dvid Uminsky, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and UC President's Fellow
Todd Wittman, co-mentored with Stanley Osher