Curriculum Vitae
Appointments:
Associate Professor, 2009--present
Assistant Professor, 2005--2009
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Arnold Ross Assistant Professor, 2002--2005
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Post-Doctoral Mentor: Bjorn Sandstede
Research Assistant and Associate Instructor, 1995--2002
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Ph.D Adviser: Kevin Zumbrun
Education:
Ph.D. Mathematics, 2002.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
M.A. Mathematics, 1997.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
B.S. Mathematics, 1995.
Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Grants:
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
CAREER, "Interdisciplinary Mentoring Program in Analysis, Computation, and Theory",
Grant No. 0847074, 06/15/09--05/31/14, $400,000.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
CSUMS, "Information and Decision Algorithm Laboratories",
Grant No. 0639328, 09/15/06--09/15/10, $704,848.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
Applied Mathematics, "Stability of Traveling Waves",
Grant No. 0607721, 08/01/06--07/31/09, $152,206.
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
EMSW21-MCTP, "Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics",
Grant No. 0636648, 10/01/06--09/30/10, $1,269,972.
Awards:
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2009--2014.
College Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2010.
University Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Department Mentored Research Award, Brigham Young University 2009.
Rothrock Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2001.
Department and University Service:
Director of Graduate Studies, 2010--present
Graduate Committee, 2009--present
Departmental Organizer, CPMS Spring Research Conference, 2006--present
Public Relations Committee, Fall 2005--present
Chair, Public Relations Committee, 2006--2009
Department Representative, BYU Employee Giving Campaign, 2006--2008
Professional Service:
SIAM Education Committee 2012-present
Panelist, National Science Foundation, 2006, 2008, 2009.
Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews, 2006--present
Referee, Journal of Nonlinear Science, Mathematics of Computation, Physica D.,
Journal of Differential Equations, IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control
Scholarly Presentations:
American Controls Conference, San Francisco, Summer 2011.
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Reno, Winter 2011.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Philadelphia, Summer 2010.
SIAM Conference on Emerging Topics in Dyn. Sys. and PDE, Barcelona, Spring 2010.
Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar, University of Michigan, Winter 2010.
Ellis B. Stouffer Mathematics Colloquium, University of Kansas, Fall 2009.
Association for Women in Mathematics Chapter Seminar, University of Kansas, Fall 2009.
Statistics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall 2009.
Applied Math Seminar, Indiana University, Fall 2009.
Mathematics Colloquium, University of Wyoming, Fall 2009.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird Spring 2009.
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Miami, Winter 2009.
Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Kansas, Winter 2008.
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Mesa Fall 2007.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird Spring 2007.
Applied Math Seminar, Florida State University, Winter 2007.
Physics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall 2006.
AMS Sectional Conference, Western Section, Salt Lake City, Fall 2006.
Statistics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall, 2006.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Seattle, Fall 2006.
Workshop Stability and Instability of Nonlinear Waves, Seattle, Fall 2006.
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Boston, Summer 2006.
Applied Math Seminar, Brigham Young University, Winter 2005.
Electrical Engineering Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Winter 2005.
Hyp2004-Tenth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Osaka, Fall 2004.
Differential Equations Seminar, University of Michigan, Fall 2003.
Mathematics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Summer 2003.
Applied Math Seminar, The Ohio State University, Spring 2003.
Hyp2002-Ninth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Pasadena, Spring 2002.
Applied Math Seminar, Indiana University, Fall 2001.
Conference and Workshop Participation:
Session Chair, American Controls Conference, St Louis, Spring 2009.
Session Co-Organizer, SIAM Conf. on Appl. of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Spring 2009.
Judge, Undergraduate Poster Session, 2009 Joint Meeting of the AMS-MAA.
IPAM Image Analysis Challenges in Molecular Microscopy. Winter 2008.
Session Co-Organizer, SIAM Conf. on Appl. of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Spring 2007.
AIM Workshop on Stability Criteria for Multi-Dim. Waves and Patterns, Palo Alto Spring 2005.
Dialog 2004 - DMS and the Mathematical Sciences Community, Washington D.C. Spring 2004.
Consulting:
Baden, Gage & Schroeder, LLC.
Best Access Systems
Cuttr, Inc.
Delivra.com
General Motors Corporation
Indiana University Auditorium
Park City Group
Paul I. Cripe, Inc.
Perception Strategies, Inc.
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