Biography

• Education

  Ph.D in Mathematics, October 1989, New York University.

• Appointments

  • Professor, Applied Mathematics, Caltech, January 1998 - Present

  • Executive Officer, Applied Mathematics, Caltech, October 1998 - July 2000

  • Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics, Caltech, July 1995 - January 1998

  • Associate Professor, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech, September 1994 - June 1995

  • Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech, September 1991 - August 1994

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, September 1989 - September 1991

• Services

  • Member of Science and Technology Experts Group (ISTEG), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, (2016 - Present)

  • Member of the Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, (2012 - 2018)

  • Member of the Council, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), (2011 - 2016)

  • Member of the Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, (1998 - 2013).

  • Member of the Editorial Board, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, (2007 - 2013).

    
    

• Honors and Awards

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina, 2020

  • Vannevar Bush National Security Science and Engineering Fellow (NSSEFF), 2016

  • SIAM Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2013

  • Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Award, 1994

  • National Science Foundation, Young Investigator Award, 1994

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 1994

  • Friedrichs Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Mathematics, Courant Institute, 1990