The IAMCS’s diverse, multidisciplinary research group work together to develop novel solutions to fundamental problems of interest to Saudi Arabia and the world. In addition to the members of the Executive Committee, the following accomplished investigators from the fields of mathematics, statistics, computer science and other sciences comprise the institute’s outstanding research team.
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: 979-845-4094
Email: davis@tamu.edu
Dr. Davis’s research interest include High-Performance Combinatorial Scientific Computing. His experience makes him well poised for future research in GPU-based algorithms. As a world leader in algorithmic research for sparse matrix computations, his work combines graph-theoretic methods and numerical techniques to create algorithms for solving problems in computation science that arise across a wide range of applications.
Co-Leader, Research Core 3
Nuclear Engineering
Phone: 979-845-4198
Email: mladams@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://engineering.tamu.edu/nuclear/people/madams
Marvin L. Adams is co-leader of Research Core 3 for IAMCS. Adams received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from Mississippi State University in 1981, and his master’s and doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He is professor of nuclear engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. (more…)
Leader, Infrastructure
Telecommunications
Phone: 979-862-4072
Email: galmes@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://academy.tamu.edu/Guy_T_Almes.html
Guy T. Almes is the Institute’s infrastructure leader. Almes is a 1972 graduate of Rice University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and engineering in 1972 and his master’s in electrical engineering in the same year. He received his doctorate in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980.
Since 2006, Almes has been director of the Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies at Texas A&M. Prior to this position, he was program officer in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation. From 1997 to 2006 he was chief engineer for the Internet2 initiative. He has also served as an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University and has held other responsible positions in computer networking and programming. Almes has produced numerous publications on subjects in computer networking, programming, and applications of networking in higher education.
Co-Leader and Researcher, Core 1, and Researcher, Core 3
Computer Science
Phone: 979-862-2275
Email: amato@tamu.edu
Webpage: https://parasol.tamu.edu/people/amato/
Nancy M. Amato is a researcher in Core 1 (Forward Multiscale Modeling and Simulation) and Core 3 (Data-Driven Computational Science and Visualization) of IAMCS, and is co-leader of Core 1. Amato is a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned her A.B. degree in economics and bachelor’s degree in mathematical sciences, both in 1986. (more…)
Researcher, Cores 1 and 2
Mathematics
Phone: 979-845-6393
Email: bangerth@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bangerth
Wolfgang Bangerth is a researcher in Cores 1 and 2 at the Institute and assistant professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M. Bangerth received his bachelor’s degree in physics in 1995 from the University of Stuttgart, and his master’s degree in physics in 1998 at the University of Heidelberg. In 2002, he was awarded a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Heidelberg.Bangerth’s post-doctoral work was undertaken at the University of Texas at Austin, where he held a joint position with the Institute for Computational Sciences and Engineering (ICES) and the Institute for Geophysics. He has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M since 2005. Bangerth serves as an elected member of the Science Steering Committee for the Center for Computational Infrastructure in Geodynamics, an NSF funded center to promote scientific software in geophysics. He is also the principal author and one of the maintainers of the Open Source deal.II (http://www.dealii.org) finite element software package. Some of Bangerth’s current work consists of the numerical solution of inverse problems for partial differential equations, as well as a wide variety of algorithmic and software problems in computational sciences and engineering. His awards include a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, co-recipient of the 2007 J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software, and the Palisades Geophysical Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Institute for Geophysics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 979-862-4873
Email: bonito@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bonito/
My research centers around the numerical analysis and scientific computing of partial differential equations. In particular, I am interested in the design, analysis and application of adaptive finite element methods to: Free Boundary Problems, Geometric PDEs and Viscoelastic Fluids.
Associate Professor
Earth Sciences and Engineering
Email: victor.calo@kaust.edu.sa
Webpage: http://www.kaust.edu.sa/faculty/calo.html
Professor Calo’s research interests include several computational aspects of geomechanics, fluid dynamics, flow in porous media, phase separation, fluid-structure interaction, solid mechanics, high-performance computing and visualization.
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
KAUST
Webpage: http://www.kaust.edu.sa/office-of-the-vp-for-education.html
Professor James Calvin is Vice President for Academic Affairs at KAUST. He began his relationship with the University as the Director of one of the KAUST Global Research Partnership Research Centers, the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS) at Texas A&M University. Professor Calvin has since served as a Visiting Professor, Acting Associate Provost and Acting Provost before taking on the role of Vice President for Education.
As Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor Calvin is responsible for the formulation of the University’s educational strategies and standards and for the advancement of a strong role for our Centers and core laboratories in graduate education. His management responsibilities include Graduate Affairs, Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs, the University Library and International Programs, and in this he represents KAUST’s commitment to excellence in graduate education.
An alumnus of the University of Oregon (B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science) and Colorado State University (M.S. and Ph.D., Statistics), Professor Calvin has been a member of the faculty at Texas A&M University for the past 20 years, where he has served as a Professor Statistics, Head of the Statistics Department, Executive Associate Vice President for Research and Acting Vice President for Research before assuming the role of IAMCS Director. His research emphasis has been on the development of general linear models for correlated data and applications in the environmental and life sciences.
Director
IAMCS, Bioinformatics Training Program, Statistics
Phone: 979-845-8322
Email: rcarroll@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~carroll/
Raymond J. Carroll is Director for IAMCS. Dr. Carroll is a distinguished professor in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M, as well as a member of the faculties of nutrition and toxicology.He has been a professor in that department since 1987, as well as serving as Fairhill Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine in 1998 and 1999.Prior to coming to Texas A&M, Carroll was on the faculty of the Department of Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1974 to 1987, where he rose to professor. He is an expert on statistical inverse problems and is considered the leading figure in the area of measurement error modeling. Carroll’s work has brought him numerous awards and distinctions at Texas A&M (in addition to his earning the Distinguished Professor accolade), he received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Research from Texas A&M’s Association of Former Students in 1994 and again in 2004. His other awards and honors include the MERIT Award, National Cancer Institute, 2005; Jerome Sacks Award for Multidisciplinary Research, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, 2003; Mitchell Prize, International Society for Bayesian Analysis, also in 2003; Fisher Award and Lecture, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, 2002; Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award, 1996; and Presidents’ Award, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, 1988.
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: 979-845-5466
Email: choe@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/choe/
Interests:
Research Scientist
Institute of Renewable Natural Resources
Phone: 979-458-0500
Email: bret@lsu.edu
Webpage: http://www.rnr.lsu.edu/bret/
I am a faculty member in the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Louisiana State University. My work is focused on wildlife population ecology where my interests primarily lie in population dynamics and harvest management, focused on sampling design and parameter estimation of mammal and bird populations, capture-mark-recapture modeling, spatial modeling, and associated statistical and computational ecology questions.
Associate Professor
Statistics
Phone: 979-845-3141
Email: adabney@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~adabney/
I received a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the Univ. of Washington in 2006. I also joined the A&M statistics department in 2006 and have been here since. My expertise is in the analysis and interpretation of “Big Data,” particularly the kind that originates from biological applications. For details on my research publications, see my Google Scholar profile. I have co-authored (with Grady Klein) The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics, which will be published by Hill and Wang in summer 2013. I am also featured in W.H. Freeman’s Stat-Clips videos.
Regents Professor
Associate Dept. Head-Faculty Admin
L.F. Peterson ’36 Chair
Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 979-847-9030
Email: datta-gupta@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.pe.tamu.edu/datta-gupta/
Dr. Datta-Gupta has industrial experience in reservoir characterization/management, field development strategies and modeling, scale-up and design of enhanced oil recovery processes. He also worked on fractured reservoir characterization and environmental issues related to nuclear waste disposal, carbon sequestration and remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons.
The Walter E. Koss Professor and Distinguished Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 979-845-5098
Email: rdevore@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~rdevore/
Research Projects
Joint Assistant Professor
Veterinary Pathobiology
Molecular and Cellular Medicine Genetics
Phone: 979-458-4725
Email: sdindot@cvm.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.txgen.tamu.edu/research/dindot/
My laboratory in interested in understanding the molecular, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation and disease. We use multifaceted genetic, molecular and cell biological tools as well as genetically engineered model organisms and domestic animal models to understand the interplay between genetics, epigenetics and gene regulation.
Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director of Graduate Programs
Industrial & System Engineering
Phone: 979-458-2343
Email: yuding@iemail.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://ise.tamu.edu/People/faculty/Ding/default.htm
Methodology Development, Wind Energy Systems, Nano Imaging & Nano Manufacturing, Sensor Networks
Consultant
Computer Science
Phone: 979-845-3336
Email: craig.c.douglas@gmail.com
Webpage: http://www.uwyo.edu/ser/faculty/douglas.html
Craig C. Douglas is a consultant for the Institute. He is a School of Energy Resources Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wyoming. Douglas earned an A.B. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1977. He continued his education at Yale University, where he earned a master’s and an M.Phil. degree in computer science, followed by his doctorate in the same field in 1982.He has been affiliated with Yale University since completing his doctoral work as a post-doc, visiting professor, research affiliate and senior research scientist (still in the latter capacity up to the present time). Douglas was also a research staff member in mathematical sciences at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights) from 1986 to 1996. He was a professor of computer science (2000-2008) and professor of mechanical engineering (1997-2008) at the University of Kentucky. He was also professor of mathematics at the same institution from 1997 to 1999. Douglas served the University of Kentucky as associate director of the Center for Computational Sciences from 1997 until 2005. He has been a visiting professor in mathematics, computer science, and the Institute for Scientific Computation at Texas A&M, in 2007-2008. In the past he served as guest professor at Wuhan University and Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
Leader, Research Core 1
Mobil Chair in Computational Science
Professor of Mathematics
Director of Institute for Scientific Computation (ISC)
Phone: 979-458-0836
Email: efendiev@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~yalchin.efendiev
Yalchin Efendiev is Leader of the Institute’s Research Core 1 (Forward Multiscale Modeling and Simulation). Efendiev, who earned his bachelor’s in applied mathematics at Moscow State University in 1993 and his doctorate in the same field at California Institute of Technology in 1999, has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M since 2001.He is now professor in the department, and also serves as interim director of the university’s Institute for Scientific Computation. Efendiev was a research associate for Chevron in La Habra, California, in the late 1990s, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota from 1999 to 2001. Efendiev serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals, including the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics’ Multiscale Modeling and Simulation interdisciplinary journal (SIAM-MMS), Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (DCDS) Series B and Series S, Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, and Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (CMAM).
Co-Leader, Outreach
William C. Miller Endowed Chair Professor
Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 713-743-6334
Email: ceconomides@uh.edu
Webpage: http://petro.egr.uh.edu/faculty/ehligeconomides
Christine A. Ehlig-Economides served the Institute as co-leader for outreach. Economides’ career has focused on petroleum and chemical engineering. She earned her bachelor’s in mathematics / science at Rice University in 1971. After earning a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Kansas in 1977, Economides went on to achieve her doctorate in petroleum engineering at Stanford University in 1979. She is currently teaching at The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering.
Assistant Professor
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Phone: 979 845 9841
Email: fujiwara@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://fujiwara.us/
My research interest is in quantitative population ecology, with a particular emphasis on understanding the dynamics of fish and wildlife populations. My studies focus on individual and population level processes because I believe a deeper knowledge of these processes will lead to a deeper understanding of how the environment affects ecological processes.
Professor
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Spatio-Temporal Statistics and Data Analysis
Phone: +966 (0) 2 808-0244
Email: marc.genton@kaust.edu.sa
Webpage: http://stsda.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx
The group of Prof. Marc G. Genton works on the statistical analysis, modeling, prediction, and uncertainty quantification of spatio-temporal data, with applications in environmental and climate science, renewable energies, geophysics, and marine science.
Research activities include the following topics:
Associate Professor
Geology & Geophysics
Phone: 979-862-8653
Email: gibson@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://geoweb.tamu.edu/profile/RGibson
Richard L. Gibson, Jr. received his B.S. (1985, geology) from Baylor University and a Ph.D. (1991, geophysics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had a post-doctoral appointment at the Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France) and at MIT, where he became a Research Scientist. Since 1997, he has been on the faculty of Texas A&M University, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Geophysics. His research interests include theoretical and computational seismology, reservoir characterization, anisotropy and imaging.
Associate Professor
CJ Craft Jr. Faculty Fellow
Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 979-862-4578
Email: eduardo.gildin@pe.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.pe.tamu.edu/gildin/
Dr. Gildin has research interests in reservoir modeling and optimization for the oil and gas industry using concepts from mathematical modeling using discretization of pde’s (finite difference, finite element methods, and finite volumes), systems and control theory and model reduction of large scale dynamical systems. In particular, Dr. Gildin’s is interested in closed-loop reservoir management.
Researcher in Core 1
Mathematics
Phone:979-862-4890
Email: guermond@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~guermond/
Jean-Luc Guermond is an IAMCS researcher in Core 1 (Forward Multiscale Modeling and Simulation). Guermond is a graduate of Paris 6 University (Pierre and Marie Curie University) and ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees). He earned his master’s and doctorate degrees at Paris 6 University, in theoretical mechanics in 1983 and 1985, respectively. (more…)
Researcher in Core 3, University of Utah
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Phone: 801-581-3154
Email: hansen@cs.utah.edu
Webpage: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hansen/
Charles Hansen serves the institute as a researcher in Core 3 (Data-Driven Computational Science and Visualization). Hansen received his bachelor’s degree from Memphis State University in 1981, following this with a doctorate from the University of Utah in 1987. He was a postdoctoral research scientist at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) in 1987-1988.Hansen is presently professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah, as well as associate director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at that institution. He has been a faculty member at the University of Utah since 1997. He recently served as visiting scientist for the ARTIS Group, INRIA Rhone-Alps (2004-2005). From 1990 to 1997 Hansen was adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at New Mexico Tech, and he also served as visiting research assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico from 1994 to 1997. He was director of visualization at the Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1989 to 1997. Hansen has held editorial positions with the IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics publication and has served on numerous conference organizing committees.
Assistant Professor
Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Phone: 512-471-7218
Email: zoya@utexas.edu
Webpage: https://www.pge.utexas.edu/facultystaff/profiles/heidari
Dr. Zoya received a Ph.D. (2011) in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include petrophysics, well logging, borehole geophysics, inverse problems, rock physics, and unconventional reservoirs. She is currently an Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Austin.
Assistant Professor
Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University
Email: heister@clemson.edu
Phone: 864- 656-0411
Webpage: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/
Researcher in Core 2
Professor, Statistics
Phone:979-845-3141
Email: jianhua@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jianhua/
Jianhua Huang is a researcher in Core 2 at the institute and professor in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M. Huang received a bachelor’s degree in 1989 and a master’s degree in 1992 in probability and statistics from Beijing University. His doctorate in statistics came from the University of California in 1997. Huang came to Texas A&M from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as an assistant professor. (more…)
Researcher in Core 3, Univ. of Utah
Scientific Computing and Imaging
Phone: 801-581-7705
Email: crj@sci.utah.edu
Webpage: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~crj/
Chris Johnson is researcher in Core 3 (Data-Driven Computational Science and Visualization). Chris Johnson is the founding director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah where he is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics and Bioengineering. His research interests are in the areas of scientific computing and scientific visualization. Dr. Johnson founded the SCI research group in 1992, which has since grown to become the SCI Institute employing over 200 faculty, staff and students. Professor Johnson serves on several international journal editorial boards, as well as on advisory boards to several national and international research centers. Professor Johnson was awarded a Young Investigator’s (FIRST) Award from the NIH in 1992, the NSF National Young Investigator (NYI) Award in 1994, and the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) award from President Clinton in 1995. In 1996 he received a DOE Computational Science Award and in 1997 received the Par Excellence Award from the University of Utah Alumni Association and the Presidential Teaching Scholar Award. In 1999, Professor Johnson was Awarded the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology from Governor Michael Leavitt. In 2003 he received the Distinguished Professor Award from the University of Utah. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and received the Utah Cyber Pioneer Award. In 2010 Professor Johnson received the Rosenblatt Award from the University of Utah and the IEEE Visualization Career Award. In 2012 Professor Johnson received the IEEE IPDPS Charles Babbage Award and in 2013 Professor Johnson received the IEEE Sidney Fernbach Award . In 2014, Professor Johnson was elected an IEEE Fellow.
Department Head, Professor
Department of Statistics
Phone: 979-845-3141
Email: vjohnson@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~vjohnson/
Since the fall of 2012, I have been a professor in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University. Before this, I was a Professor of Biostatistics at both the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (2004-2012) and the University Michigan (2002-2004), a Professor of Statistics at Duke University (1989-2001) and worked for one year at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001-2002).
Researcher in Core 1
Statistics
Phone: 979-845-3106
Email: mjun@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~mjun/
Mikyoung Jun is a statistician and IAMCS researcher in Core 1 (Forward Multiscale Modeling and Simulation). Jun completed her doctorate degree in statistics at the University of Chicago in 2005. This capped her educational preparation, which also included a bachelor’s degree (1999) and M.Stat. courses (2000) in statistics at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. Jun is assistant professor in Texas A&M’s Department of Statistics, where she has served since 2005 (more…)
Professor
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg,
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
Mathematical Methods of Simulation
Phone: 06221 54 8855
Email: kanschat@uni-heidelberg.de
Webpage: http://simweb.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~gkanscha/en/
Guido Kanschat studied mathematics at the University of Bonn. In 1992 he moved to Heidelberg University, where he received his doctor of science degree in 1996 and his habilitation in 2004. He spent the academic year 1999/2000 as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, and between 2006 and 2012 served as Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor at Texas A&M University. In 2012 he joined the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) of Heidelberg University holding the chair for Mathematical Methods of Simulation.
Guido Kanschat works in the fields of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, in particular analysis and implementation of finite element methods. Here, he focuses on applications of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods to applications in radiative transport and coupled flow problems. His work involves the development and analysis of discretization schemes as well as efficient multigrid solvers.
He is coauthor and one of the founders of the deal.II software project, which provides Open Source infrastructure for finite element calculations. He was awarded the 2007 Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software for this project together with Wolfgang Bangerth and Ralf Hartmann. He is founding editor of the Archive of Numerical Software and a strong advocate for Open Source Software and the recognition of the intellectual achievement in numerical software.
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Director, Extreme Computing Research Center
Computing, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST
Email: david.keyes@kaust.edu.sa
Webpage: http://www.kaust.edu.sa/faculty/keyes.html
Professor Keyes works at the algorithmic interface between parallel computing and the numerical analysis of partial differential equations, with a focus on implicit scalable solvers for emerging architectures and their use in the many large-scale applications in energy and environment governed by conservation laws that demand high performance because of high resolution, high dimension, high fidelity physical models, or the “multi-solve” requirements of optimization, control, sensitivity analysis, inverse problems, data assimilation, or uncertainty quantification.
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Phone:979-458-0167
Email: keyser@cs.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/keyser/
I am an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M University. I began here in the Fall of 2000, and got promoted to associate professor (with tenure) in 2006.
For the six years prior to taking my current faculty position, I was a graduate student. During this time, I worked as a research assistant for the UNC Research Group on Geometry, Physically-Based Simulation, and Applications. I also spent one summer session teaching an Introduction to Computer Science class. (more…)
Professor
Assistant Department Head-Staff Administration
LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 979-845-1488
Email: mike.king@pe.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.pe.tamu.edu/King/
Dr. King joined the faculty at Texas A&M in the fall of 2009. Previously, he worked for BP America and the BP Amoco E&P Upstream Technology Group. He is the current SPE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, a member of the Crisman Institute Steering Committee, and Co-Director of the MCERI (Model Calibration and Efficient Reservoir Imaging) consortium.
Leader, Research Core 2
University Distinguished Professor
Mathematics
Phone:979-862-3257
Email: kuchment@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kuchment/
Peter Kuchment is leader of Research Core 2 (Deterministic and Statistical Methods in Inverse Problems) for the Institute. Kuchment has taught in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M since 2001. He is professor in the department at this time. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, Kuchment was on the Mathematics faculty at Wichita State University, from 1990 until 2001. (more…)
Professor
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Phone: 979-845-5750
Email: tlacher@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://wfsc.tamu.edu/directory/faculty-directory/thomas-e-lacher-jr/
My current research is focused on the assessment of conservation status in mammals and the analysis and monitoring of large-scale patterns and trends in biodiversity, primarily in the tropics. I was founding director of the Tropical Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring Network, based at Conservation International and currently under the direction of Dr. Sandy Andelman. This project is implementing standardized protocols for the monitoring of a variety of vegetation, climate and vertebrate indicators at field stations in the tropics.
Researcher in Core 1
Professor
Mathematics
Phone:979-845-7578
Email: raytcho.lazarov@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~raytcho.lazarov/
Raytcho Lazarov is a researcher in Core 1 at the Institute. Lazarov has an advanced degree of Dr.Sci. in computational mathematics from Sofia University, Bulgaria, 1982, a doctorate in mathematics and physics from Moscow State University, Russia, 1972, and master’s in mathematics from Wroclaw University, Poland, 1966. Lazarov is professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M, where he has served since 1992. (more…)
Professor
Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina
Phone: 803-777-5110
Email: yanyuanma@stat.sc.edu
Webpage: http://people.stat.sc.edu/yanyuanma/
Co-Leader, Research Core 1
University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Statistics, TAMU
Director, Center for Statistical Bioinformatics
Director, Bayesian Bioinformatics Laboratory
Statistics
Phone: 979-845-1275
Email: bmallick@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~bmallick
Bani K. Mallick serves the institute as Co-Leader of Core 1 (Forward Multiscale Modeling and Simulation). Mallick earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in statistics at Calcutta University in 1986 and 1990 (respectively). Following his work there, he earned his doctorate degree in statistics from the University of Connecticut in 1994.After working for four years as a Permanent Lecture in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College in London, Mallick joined the faculty of the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M in 1998 as assistant professor. Since 2003 he has been full Professor in the department. In 2006 he was appointed director of the Bayesian Bioinformatics Laboratory at Texas A&M. The same year he became adjunct professor of Biostatistics at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Mallick has received a number of awards and honors over the course of his career. In 1996 he was named a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society; in 2000 he was elected as a member of International Statistical Institute (ISI). 2005 saw his nomination as a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). In 2006 he was awarded Texas A&M’s University Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, and in 2007 he received the Outstanding Research Award from the International Indian Statistical Association. In 2008, Mallick was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Mallick is currently principal investigator of two National Science Foundation-funded grants and one funded by the National Institutes of Health. He is co-principal investigator in several other grants. Mallick is also on the editorial board of Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics and Biostatistics.
Regents Professor
CoALS Chair in Hydrologic Engineering & Sciences
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Phone: 979-458-4421
Email: bmohanty@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://baen.tamu.edu/people/mohanty-binayak/
Dr. Mohanty’s research includes water, heat, and chemical transport measurement and modeling in variably-saturated porous media ranging from core-scale to regional-scale; measurement and modeling of hydraulic properties; and preferential water flow and chemical transport through macroporous media.
Researcher in Core 1
Professor
Mathematics
Print:979-862-3258
Email: pasciak@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~joe.pasciak/
Joseph Pasciak is a Researcher in Core 1 at IAMCS. He is a professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M and has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M since 1994 (serving as an adjunct professor from 1994 to 1996). Pasciak began his education at Northeastern University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1973. His doctorate in mathematics was awarded from Cornell University in 1977. (more…)
Researcher in Core 1
Mathematics
Phone:979-845-5298
Email: gpetrova@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~gpetrova/
Guergana Petrova is a researcher in Core 1 at the Institute, and an associate professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M. She came to Texas A&M in 2001 as an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Bulgaria’s Sofia University in 1991 and continued her education at the same university, earning a master’s degree in 1993. Her doctorate in mathematics came in 1999 from the University of South Carolina. (more…)
Researcher in Core 1
Mathematics
Phone:979-845-1989
Email: popov@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~popov/
Bojan Popov is a researcher in Core 1 at the Institute and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M. Popov earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1992 from The University of Sofia in Bulgaria, and his doctoral degree in 1999 at the University of South Carolina. He was recognized (jointly with Guergana Petrova) as the Outstanding Graduate Student in the Department of Mathematics by the University of South Carolina in 1999. (more…)
Deputy Director
Researcher in Cores 1 and 3
Computer Science
Phone: 979-845-8872
Email: rwerger@tamu.edu
Webpage: https://parasol.tamu.edu/people/rwerger/
Lawrence Rauchwerger is a researcher in Cores 1 and 3 at the Institute and a professor of computer science in the Department of Computer Science, Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M. A diploma in electronic engineering from Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest, Romania, began Rauchwerger’s formal education. He later earned a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and completed his educational preparation with a doctorate in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.
He was awarded a graduate fellowship from Intel during his advanced studies. Rauchwerger conducted research in the field of computer science in several capacities before coming to Texas A&M. He was a visiting scientist at AT&T Research Laboratories in 1996, and a visiting assistant professor in the Center for Supercomputing Research and Development at the University of Illinois from 1995-1996. Rauchwerger’s work has earned several acknowledgments in the computer science and computer engineering fields. He was awarded the NASA (Langley) High Performance Computing Consortium (HPCC) Graduate Fellowship, an Intel Foundation Graduate Fellowship, the IBM Faculty Award (in 2007 and 2008), a Texas Engineering Experiment Station Select Young Faculty Award, an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, and a Texas Engineering Experiment Station Fellow Award. Rauchwerger has also been elected to the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP).
Researcher in Cores 1 and 2
Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 979-845-3261
Email: william.rundell@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~rundell
William Rundell is a researcher in Cores 1 and 2 at the Institute, professor of mathematics in the College of Science and professor of computer science in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M. He received his bachelor of science degree in 1971, and subsequently earned his doctorate from the University of Glasgow in 1974.An active faculty member at Texas A&M in mathematics and computer science since 1974, Rundell has also served in leadership roles at Texas A&M and other institutions. He was director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the National Science Foundation from 2002 to 2006. Before that, he served as head of the Mathematics Department of Texas A&M from 1991 to 2002, and as a Gastprofessor (visiting professor) at the Universitat Göttingen in Germany during the summers of 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, and 2007. Rundell is a member of the American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Scientific Advisory Board of the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics in Linz (Austria), and is a fellow of the Institute of Physics in the U.K. He currently serves on the editorial board of Inverse Problems and Inverse Problems in Imaging.
Professor, Aquatic Ecology
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Phone: 979-845-0169
Email: droelke@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://waterprogram.tamu.edu/profile/DRoelke
My research program encompasses field studies, laboratory experiments, and mathematical modeling simulations that address lower foodweb ecology in aquatic ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on interactions between foodweb components and the physicochemical environment. My research projects are focused in varied habitats, which include the Cinaruco River, Venezuela; Sea of Galilee, Israel; and several inland water bodies of Texas (Lakes Somerville, Waco, Whitney, Possum Kingdom, and Caddo; and Carter Creek); and coastal zone habitats of Texas (Galveston Bay, San Antonio Bay System, and Nueces/Corpus Christi Bay System).
Researcher in Core 1
Associate Professor
Statistics
Phone:979-845-3141
Email: huiyan@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~huiyan/
Huiyan Sang is a researcher in Core 1 at the Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M. Sang received her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in 2004 from Peking University. She received her doctorate in Statistics in 2008 from Duke University. (more…)
Researcher in Core 3
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Phone: 979-458-2214
Email: sarin@cse.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/sarin/
Vivek Sarin is a researcher in Core 3 at the institute and an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Sarin obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi in 1990. He then received his master’s degree in 1993 from the University of Minnesota in computer science, and his doctorate in computer science in 1997 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (more…)
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: 979-862-4251
Email: schaefer@cs.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/schaefer/
Computer Graphics: curves and surfaces, mesh processing, deformation, surface reconstruction
Scientific Visualization: implicit modeling, volume rendering, rel-time visualization
Professor
Earth Sciences and Engineering
Email: gerard.schuster@kaust.edu.sa
Webpage: http://www.kaust.edu.sa/academics/faculty/schuster.html
Professor Schuster’s research interests are in seismic imaging, interferometry, waveform inversion, EM methods, seismic field techniques, and the use of novel methods for super resolution imaging. His geophysical lab is equipped with state-of-the-art seismographs for 624 channel recording and a 72-channel resistivity array for both exploration, engineering, and earthquake applications. Schuster has a strong interest in geophysical characterization of archaeological sites.
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: 979-862-8349
Email: stoleru@cse.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/stoleru/
Dr. Radu Stoleru is currently an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, and heading the Laboratory for Embedded & Networked Sensor Systems (LENSS).
Researcher in Core 3
Distinguished Professor and holder of the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science
Computer Science
Phone: 979-845-4094
Email: stroustrup@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.cse.tamu.edu/people/faculty/bs
Bjarne Stroustrup is a Researcher in Core 3 at the Institute and a professor of computer science in the Department of Computer Science, Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Stroustrup earned his doctorate in computer science from the University of Cambridge in England in 1979. He is widely known for his development of the programming language C++. (more…)
Mollie B. and Richard A. Williford Professor
Geology
Phone: 979-845-0635
Email: sun@geos.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://geoweb.tamu.edu/profile/YSun
The ultimate recovery of world’s hydrocarbon reserves (conventional and unconventional) depends largely on our understanding of reservoir heterogeneity and the physics of in-situ reservoir fluid flow. As in the past when geologists played the leading role in petroleum discovery and exploration, future geoscientists will again help to provide the fundamental scientific framework for reservoir management to maximize petroleum production.
Professor
Atmospheric Sciences
Phone: 979-458-0553
Email: szunyogh@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://atmo.tamu.edu/people/faculty/szunyoghistvan.html
Istvan Szunyogh is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He received his Diploma in Meteorology from the Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary in 1991, and his Ph.D degree in Earth Sciences from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1994. His current research areas include data assimilation for the terrestrial and planetary atmospheres and the ocean; atmospheric dynamical processes and predictability; and numerical weather prediction. (more…)
Co-Leader, Research Core 3, IAMCS
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor
Phone:979-845-2497
Email: taylor@cse.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://engineering.tamu.edu/cse/people/vtaylor
Valerie Taylor served IAMCS as co-leader of Research Core 3 (Data-Driven Computational Science and Visualization). Taylor is the Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M. Before coming to Texas A&M, Taylor was professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. (more…)
Deputy Director, IAMCS
Professor of Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering
Phone: 979-845-7242
Email: jwalton@math.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~jay.walton
Jay Walton, Deputy Director for education for IAMCS, earned his bachelor’s in mathematics from Depauw University in 1968, and his master’s and doctorate in mathematics at Indiana University, in 1970 and 1973 respectively. He is currently professor in the Departments of Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M, and is also a visiting professor of mathematics at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.Walton served as associate head for graduate programs in Texas A&M’s Department of Mathematics from 1994 to 2000. He has been part of the department’s faculty since 1973, and has also served in the past as visiting SERC research fellow at Brunel University, in the United Kingdom, and as visiting associate professor at the University of Wisconsin’s Mathematics Research Center. Walton’s research interests include nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, contact and fracture mechanics and nano-mechanics (in material science and engineering); modeling cardiovascular diseases and modeling soft tissue mechanics and growth (in mathematical medicine and physiology); modeling spatial ecology and modeling structured populations (in mathematical ecology); and partial differential equations, integral equations and systems (in mathematical analysis). Walton has had continuing research funding, since 1974, from various federal agencies, including AFOSR, ARO, NASA, ONR and NSF.
Deputy Director, IAMCS
Professor, Department of Statistics
Joint Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, TAMU Health Science Center
Phone: 979-458-0898
Email: sjwang@stat.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~sjwang
Dr. Suojin Wang is a Professor of Statistics at Texas A&M University and a Joint Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Texas A&M Health Science Center. He was a Visiting Professor and taught at KAUST for the semester of Fall 2011. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Non-parametric Statistics. He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He received four major teaching awards from Texas A&M University, including the University-level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching. His research interests include:
Assistant Professor
Electrical And Computer Engineering
Phone:979-845-7563
Email: lxie@ece.tamu.edu
Webpage: http://energy.tamu.edu/expertise/xie,le
Le Xie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he is affiliated with the Electric Power and Power Electronics Group. He received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering fromTsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2004. He received S.M. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University in June 2005. He obtained his Ph.D. from Electric Energy Systems Group (EESG)in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atCarnegie Mellon University in 2009. His industry experience includes an internship in 2006 at ISO-New England and an internship at Edison Mission Energy Marketing and Trading in 2007. His research interest includes:
