Education
Ph.D. Mathematics, Indiana University, August 1993
thesis advisor: Ciprian Foias
Performer Diploma in Guitar, Indiana University, May 1992
studio of: Ernesto Bitetti
M.S. Mathematics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 1988
thesis advisor: Matjaž Omladič
B.S. Mathematics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 1986
thesis advisor: Matjaž Omladič
Research Interests
Partial differential equations, mathematical fluid dynamics
Positions Held
September 2004–Present, Professor, University of Southern California
January 2012–May 2012, Visiting Associate, Caltech
September 1998–August 2004, Associate Professor, University of Southern California
September 1997–August 1998, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
October 1995–August 1997, Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago
October 1993–September 1995, Dickson Instructor, The University of Chicago
Editorial Boards
August 2015–Present, AIMS Mathematics
January 2013–Present, Applied Mathematics and Optimization
March 2012–Present, Asymptotic Analysis
November 2005–Present, Communications in Pure and Applied Analysis
August 2016–Present, Lecture Notes in Mathematical Fluid Dynamics
August 2012–July 2018, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications
Awards
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2000
Alfred P. Sloan doctoral dissertation fellowship, 1991
Weber Award, Indiana University, 1990
Preseren Award, University of Ljubljana, 1987
Ph.D. students with current affiliations
Mehmet Malcok, Ph.D., 2001, Nationwide insurance
Juan J. Torres, Ph.D., 2006
Vlad Vicol, Ph.D., 2010, Courant Institute, NYU
Ednei Reis, Ph.D., 2011, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná UTFPR, Brazil
Mihaela Ignatova, Ph.D., 2011, Temple University
Yuan Pei, Ph.D., 2014, Western Washington University
Fei Wang, Ph.D., 2016, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Guher Camliyurt, Ph.D., 2018, University of Chicago
Weinan Wang, Ph.D., 2019, University of Arizona
David Massatt, Ph.D., 2022, Aerospace Corporation
Linfeng Li (current, joint with Juhi Jang), postdoc at UCLA
Quinn Le (current)
Mustafa Aydin (current)
Postdoctoral Associates
Seok Huang, Amjad Tuffaha, Walter Rusin, Weiwei Hu, Wojciech Ozanski, Trinh Nguyen, Pranava Jayanti
Short-term visits
Université de Genève, Summer 1995 (one month)
Universidad de Chile, Dec.~1995 (one week), Jun.~1996 (one week), Mar.~2011 (one week)
Université de Nice, Summer 1998 (one month)
Mathematical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences, May 2011 (one week)
University of Ljubljana, Summers 2011, 2012, 2013 (one month)
California Institute of Technology, Winter and Spring 2012
University of Chicago, Feb.~2012 (one week)
Oberwolfach, Feb.~2013 (one week), Aug.~2015 (one week), Nov.~2016 (one week), May~2017 (one week), Aug.~2019 (one week)
Princeton University, Feb.~2014 (one week), Jan.~2015 (one week), Jan.~2016 (one week), Mar.~2017 (one week)
Banff, June~2016
University of Warwick, Sep.~2016 (one week)
Vanderbilt University, Feb.~2017 (one week)
Courant Institute, Feb.~2019 (one week), Jan.~2020 (one week)
Duke University, Nov.~2021 (one week)
Conferences co-organized (organizing committee)
“Southwestern Workshop on Dynamical Systems, USC,” Nov.~17–19,~2000
“Mathematics of Fluids,” Los Angeles, CA, Mar.~29–30, 2008
“International Conference on Partial Differential Equations Modeling Fluids and Complex Fluids” in Xian, China, Jun.~13–17, 2010
SIAM conference on “Analysis of Partial Differential Equations”, San Diego, CA, Nov.~14–17, 2011
Mathematics Research Communities, Regularity Problems for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Modeling Fluids and Complex Fluids, Jun.~25–Jul.~1, 2013
7 special sessions at AMS meetings, 2 special sessions at AIMS meetings, 2 SIAM mini-symposia
Oberwolfach workshop “Mathematical Theory of Evolutionary Fluid-Flow Structure Interactions”, Nov.~2016
Summer School on Recent Advances in Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, May 20–24, 2019
MSRI semester program “Mathematical problems in fluid dynamics,” January 2021–May 2021
Euler and Navier-Stokes equations seminar at the MSRI semester program, January 2021–May 2021
Recent Advances in Mathematical Fluid Dyanamics, Duke University, May~16–24, 2023
Mathematical Problems in Fluid Dynamics, part~2, July~17–August~11, 2024