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ABOUT ME

I am a distinguished professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.  I am in the Scientific Computing group and mostly teach and perform research in this area. For example, I teach Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Galerkin Methods, and Scientific Computing. I am also an Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.My research area is in numerical methods for partial differential equations (PDEs). Although I mainly work on nonlinear systems of hyperbolic equations, I also work on elliptic and parabolic PDEs. 

Education

 

Awards
  • Distinguished Professor (2020)

  • Carl E. and Jesse W. Menneken Award for Excellence in Scientific Research (2007)

  • Alan Berman Research Prize (2001)

 

Membership
  • SIAM Computational Science and Engineering 
  • SIAM Geosciences 
  • American Geophysical Union 
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Boards and Panels
  • Scientific advisory board member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) program on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig Germany (2023-Present)

  • Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services (ICAMS) chartered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (2017-present). Member of Subcommittee on Earth System Modeling and Prediction within these focus teams:

    • High-Performance Computing

    • Common Modeling Architecture

  • Review Panel Member of the Department of Energy INCITE program (2016-2023).

  • Review Panel Member for the Department of Energy Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME, now called E3SM) program (2015-2018).

  • Scientific Advisory Committee Member of the Korean Institute for Atmospheric Prediction System (KIAPS) (2011-2012).

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Faculty Governance
  • Chair Department of Applied Mathematics (2021-present).

  • Academic Associate for Applied Math PhD Program (2016-2019).

  • Academic Associate for Applied Math Curriculum (2016-2017).

  • Professional Practices Committee (2013-2015).

  • Chair of the Faculty Council (2010-2011).

  • Secretary of the Faculty Council (2009-2010).

  • Executive Board Member of the Faculty Council (2007-2012).

  • Associate Chair for Research (Applied Math) 2007-2009.

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