NCSU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Department of Mathematics

PIERRE GREMAUD gremaud@math.ncsu.edu	Professor Gremaud received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He joined the Department of Mathematics at NCSU in 1994, after three years at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. His research interests are in numerical methods for Partial Differential Equations and more specifically in problems related to solid and fluid mechanics. Professor Gremaud has held several invited positions and has extensive experience in mentoring students through, among other things, various NSF sponsored workshops. You can find out more about Professor Gremaud through his Homepage.
MANSOOR HAIDER m_haider@ncsu.edu	Professor Mansoor Haider received a B.Math (1991) from the University of Waterloo, Canada and a Ph.D. (1996) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He completed a 3-year post-doc at Duke University before joining the faculty at N.C. State in 1999. He has been the recipient of an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His research interests lie in mathematical modeling of articular cartilage mechanics and scientific computing. You can find out more about Professor Haider through his Homepage.
ERICH KALTOFEN kaltofen@math.ncsu.edu	Erich Kaltofen received both his M.S. degree in Computer Science in 1979 and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 1982 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and an Assistant, Associate, and full Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since 1996 he is a Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. Kaltofen has held visiting positions at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California (2000 and 1985), at the University of Grenoble (2000 and 1999), at Simon Fraser University (1998), and at the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory in Oregon (1985). Under his supervision 7 students have completed their Ph.D.'s. He has supervised 4 REU summer students and 3 undergraduate honors research projects. Kaltofen's current interests are in computational algebra and number theory, design and analysis of sequential and parallel algorithms, and symbolic computation systems and languages. Kaltofen was the Chair of ACM's Special Interest Group on Symbolic & Algebraic Manipulation 1993 - 95. He serves as associate editor on several journals on symbolic computation. In 2001 and 1992 he was the General Chair of the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation, and in 2002 he was elected onto its Steering Committee, which he now chairs. From 1985 - 87 he held an IBM Faculty Development Award. From 1990 - 91 he was an ACM National Lecturer. Kaltofen has edited 4 books, including the Computer Algebra Handbook, published over 120 research articles, and has contributed to the Waterloo Maple system and developed symbolic computation software in Lisp and C++. You can find out more about Professor Kaltofen through his Homepage.
IRINA KOGAN iakogan@math.ncsu.edu	Irina Kogan received a diploma (equivalent of a M.S.) in Applied Mathematics from Moscow Institute for Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry in 1993 and a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota in 2000. Irina Kogan was a Gibbs Instructor at Yale University before joining the department of mathematics at NCSU in 2003. She is interested in geometric study of differential equations, especially symmetry methods, and geometric methods in image recognition and image processing. You can find out more about Professor Kogan through her Homepage.
ALUN LLOYD allloyd@math.ncsu.edu	Alun Lloyd received his degrees from Cambridge University (BA Mathematics, 1991) and the University of Oxford (D.Phil. Biological Sciences 1996), held a postdoctoral position at the University of Oxford (1996-1999) and was a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study's Program in Theoretical Biology (1999-2003). Alun Lloyd is a mathematical biologist, whose main interests involve the dynamics of infectious diseases and spatial models in ecology and epidemiology. He is an Associate Professor in the NCSU Department of Mathematics and is a core faculty member of the University's Biomathematics Graduate Program. You can find out more about Professor Lloyd through his Homepage.
SHARON LUBKIN lubkin@math.ncsu.edu	AB 1986 Brown University (Mathematics), PhD 1992 Cornell (Applied Mathematics), postdoctoral fellowship 1993-7 U. Washington (Applied Mathematics). Sharon Lubkin is a mathematical biologist specializing in morphogenesis and continuum mechanics in soft tissues. She has worked in several other areas of biological modeling, including epidemiology, microbial population dynamics, pattern formation, plant behavior, marriage dynamics, and quantifying suburban sprawl. Dr. Lubkin is an Associate Professor in the NCSU department of Mathematics, is one of the core faculty members of the Biomathematics Program. and is an associate faculty member of the NCSU/UNC department of Biomedical Engineering. She is also affiliated with the Center for Research in Scientific Computing. She is active nationally and internationally, and served the Society for Mathematical Biology on the Board of Directors (1998-2002) and as Publications Chair (2004-). Dr. Lubkin is co-Chair and Webmaster of the NCSU Association of Women Faculty. You can find out more about Professor Lubkin through her Homepage.
CARL MEYER meyer@math.ncsu.edu	Professor Carl Meyer received a B.A. (1964), University of Northern Colorado, and a M.S (1966) and Ph.D. (1968) from Colorado State University. He was a computational scientist at the Atomic Energy Commission's Rocky Flats Facility, and he has held visiting positions at Stanford University (Computer Science), University of Virginia (Applied Mathematics), and the Boeing Company (Phantom Works). His research interests are numerical linear algebra and Markov Chains. You can find out more about Professor Meyer's through his Homepage.
METTE OLUFSEN msolufse@math.ncsu.edu	Professor Mette Olufsen received a M.S. in mathematics and computer science (1993) and a Ph.D. (1998) all from Roskilde University, Denmark. While pursuing her doctorate degree, she worked for Math-Tech, Copenhagen, as a research scientist on a project that aimed at developing an anesthesia simulator. Later she had a postdoc at the Center for BioDynamics and Department of Mathematics, Boston University. She joined the Mathematics Department at NCSU in the fall of 2001. Mette Olufsen is a mathematical biologist specializing in modeling of physiological systems. Her main interest is in modeling fluid dynamics of arterial blood flow and understanding cardiovascular blood pressure and blood flow control. Specifically understanding the dynamics involved with standing up too quickly, running, or head up tilt. You can find out more about Professor Olufsen through her Homepage.
JAMES SELGRADE selgrade@math.ncsu.edu	Professor Selgrade received a B.A. from Boston College (1968) and M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1973) in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has served as Interim Director of the Biomathematics Graduate Program at NCSU. His current research is focused on two areas: (1) The use of stocking, harvesting, and migration to control dynamical behavior and to restabilize a dynamical system, with applications to differential and difference equation models in population biology and genetics, and (2) Modeling the menstrual cycle with the intention of understanding its hormonal regulation and how environmental chemicals may be disrupting this control system. One undergraduate, two Masters students and a PhD student have worked with Dr. Selgrade on various aspects of this modeling problem. You can find out more about Professor Selgrade through his Homepage.
RALPH SMITH rsmith@math.ncsu.edu	Ralph C. Smith received an A.B. degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University (1983) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Montana State University in 1987 and 1990, respectively. From 1990 to 1993, he was a staff scientist at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE) at NASA Langley Research Center. He joined the Iowa State University faculty in September 1993 as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In January 1998, he assumed the position of Associate Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. He presently holds the positions of Professor of Mathematics and Associate Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation. His research program focuses on smart material applications, atomicforce microscopy and nanotechnology, numerical analysis, and parameter estimation and control design for distributed parameter systems with application to structural, structural acoustic and aeroacoustic systems. He is co-author of the book "Smart Material Structures: Modeling, Estimation and Control" and author of the book "Smart Material Systems: Model Development". You can find out more about Professor Smith through his Homepage.
DMITRY ZENKOV dvzenkov@math.ncsu.edu	Professor Dmitry Zenkov received a M.S. (Honors) in Mechanics and Mathematics from Moscow State University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Ohio State University in 1998. He was a GIG Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan from 1998-2001. He was the recipient of the Horace Rackham Faculty Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 1999. His research interests are in geometry, mechanics, and control, with applications to rigid body systems. You can find out more about Professor Zenkov through his Homepage.

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