Education

 

July 2001-Present




	
 Assistant Professor
	      
 
University of California, Santa Barbara
	      
 
 

September 1999-July 2001




	
 Instructorship at the Mathematics Department
	      
 
Princeton University
	      
 
 

September 1994-September 1999




	
 Ph.D. in  
	      Mathematics
 
Courant Institute of Mathematical
	      Sciences, New York
	      University
 
Advisor: Professor Weinan E

Thesis Title: Magnetic Domains and Magnetic Domain Walls




September 1989-May 1994


B.S. in Mathematics

University of Valencia, Spain

 


 

Fellowships and Awards

 September 1998-December 1998


Teaching and Research Assistantship,

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University 



June 1997-September 1998


Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral
		Dissertation Fellowship,
 
Suite 2550, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10111-0242 

June 1995-June 1997


Fellowship given by The Bank
		of Spain, 

 Apdo. 15, 28080 Madrid, Spain 

September 1994-June 1995


``La Caixa''  
		Fellowship, 
 
sponsored in the U.S.A by Indiana University, Bloomington 

May 1996 


Harold Grad Memorial
		Prize, 

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,  New York University.



 

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations applied to Continuum Mechanics, Calculus of Variations.
• Asymptotic Analysis.
• Micromagnetics, Liquid Crystals, Fluid Dynamics.
• Scientific Computing: Spectral Methods, Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Solution of Integral Equations, Parallel Programming.

Teaching Experience

 September 2001-Present


Courses taught at UCSB:
 
· Intro. to Numerical Analysis (Math 104A)
 September 1999-July
			  2001


Instructorship at Princeton
	      University
 
· Calculus (Mat 104)
 
· Multivariate Calculus (Mat 203 and Mat 201)
 September 1998-December 1998


Recitation given at New York University 

· Business Calculus