Contact Information

Mathematics Department 
South Hall, Room 6707
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Office Phone: (805) 893 3681 
Office Fax: (805) 893 2385
email: cgarcia@math.ucsb.edu
 

Academic Background

• B.S. in Mathematics from the Universitat de València, Spain in 1994.

• Ph.D. in Mathematics from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, in 1999.

Research Interests

• Nonlinear PDE's of Continuum Mechanics, Calculus of Variations.
• Asymptotic Analysis.
• Micromagnetics, Liquid Crystals, Fluid Dynamics.
• Electronic Structure of Solids and Density Functional Theory.
• Scientific Computing.

Awards and Honors

• Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation, 2007-2012.
• Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship, 1997.
• Harold Grad Memorial Prize, Courant Institute, 1996.
• Fellowship given by The Bank of Spain, 1995-1997.
• 'La Caixa' Fellowship, Spain, 1994-1995.

Graduate Students

• August W. Bosse, Physics Department.
• Matthew Buoni, Mechanical Engineering.
• Tanya Chantawansri, Chemical Engineering.
• D. Harley Klein, Chemical Engineering.
• Erin Lennon, Chemical Engineering.
• Jiawei Qi, Mathematics.

Publications

Courses

Undergraduate Research Projects

Department of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE).

Complex Fluids Design Consortium at UCSB

Seminars at UCSB