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experience: Associate Professor (2003-present) Assistant Professor (1999-2003) Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee Research: modeling, computation and analysis of interactions between fluid flow and phase change processes Associate Research Scientist (1997-1999) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU Advisors: Professor Robert V. Kohn and Professor Weinan E NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1996-1997) Postdoctoral Research Associate (1995-1996) Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK Advisor: Professor M. Grae Worster Education: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (1991-1995) Northwestern University Thesis topic: Shear stabilization of morphological instability during directional solidification Thesis advisor: Professor Stephen H. Davis B.S.E. in Interdisciplinary Engineering (1987-1991) University of Washington, Seattle Area of focus: Applied Mathematics Extended visits to other institutions: Spring 2006 (on leave) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU - Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton - Industrial Research Limited/Victoria University, Wellington, NZ - Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fall 2005 (on leave) - Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA May 2005 - Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota Spring 2002 (on leave) - Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton Collaborators: - Dan Anderson, Mathematics, George Mason University - Weinan E, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton - Shaun Hendy, Industrial Research Limited/Victoria University, Wellington, NZ - Peter Smereka, Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Grae Worster, Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK |
