Postdoctoral participants in VIGRE, Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University

Postdoctoral VIGRE participants
Name VIGRE course participation research interests other information
Elizabeth A. Arnold Gröbner Basis Theory and Applications, fall 2001
  • Gröbner Bases
  • Computer Algebra
  • VIGRE fellow 2000-2003
  • Visiting Scholar A&M 2003-2004
  • Asst Prof at Wm & Mary, 2004-
David Benko approximations and expansions
  • VIGRE fellow 2001-04
  • Asst Prof, U. of West Kentucky, 2004-
Dariush Ehsani several complex variables
  • VIGRE fellow 2001-04
  • Asst Prof, Penn St. at Bethlehem, 2004 -
Robert Ellis Algebraic Methods in Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Summer 2003 combinatorics VIGRE fellow starting fall 2002
Brian Ewald probability and stochastic processes VIGRE fellow starting fall 2002
Leah Gold Computational Algebraic Geometry (with REU), Summer 2004 commutative rings and algebras VIGRE fellow starting fall 2002
Keri Kornelson Wavelets (with REU), Summer 2002, 2003, 2004 abstract harmonic analysis
  • VIGRE fellow 2001-04
  • Asst Prof, Grinell 2004 -
Kathryn L. Nyman algebraic combinatorics
  • VIGRE fellow 2001-04
  • Asst Prof, Loyola, 2004-
David Redett Matrix Analysis/Wavelets (with REU), Summer 2004
  • Functional Analysis
  • Complex Analysis
VIGRE fellow starting fall 2003
Laura Ritter
  • Cardiovascular Mechanics (2003-04)
  • Ecological Modeling, Summer 2004
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Applied Mathematics
VIGRE fellow starting fall 2003
Joachim Schöberl Introduction to Scientific Computing, spring 2001
  • finite element methods
  • multigrid methods
  • visiting assistant professor
  • currently at the University of Linz, Austria
David Swanson Discovery Using Calculus, spring 2001
  • Sobolev spaces, weak differentiability
  • Navier-Stokes equations
  • VIGRE fellow 2000-2003;
  • Asst Prof, U of Louisville 2003-
Rich Stankewitz Complex Dynamics, spring 2000 complex dynamics
  • former visiting assistant professor
  • now at Ball State University
Christopher Thomas group theory
  • VIGRE fellow, 2002-04
  • Asst Prof, Mass College of Liberal Arts, 2004-
Eric Weber
  • Problems in Matrix Analysis and Wavelet Theory, fall 2000
  • Problems in Matrix Analysis and Wavelet Theory, spring 2001
  • Wavelets, summer 2001
  • wavelets
  • sampling theory
  • visiting assistant professor, 1999-2002
  • University of Wyoming, starting fall 2002
J. Patrick Wilber
  • Modeling Algae Blooms in the Oceans, fall 1999
  • Soft Tissue Modeling, spring 2000
  • nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity
  • applied dynamical systems
  • mechanics of biomaterials
  • VIGRE fellow, 2001-2002
  • now at the University of Akron