Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
200 S.W. Mudd MC4701
New York, NY 10027
Tel: (212) 854 3624
Fax: (212) 854 8257
Email: miw2301@columbia.edu
Education
B.Sc. (Mathematics), Union College, summa cum laude, 1977
M.Sc. (Mathematics), Courant Institute - NYU, 1979
Ph.D. (Mathematics), Courant Institute - NYU, 1982
Thesis advisor: George C. Papanicolaou
Positions
2004 - present
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
1998 - present
MTS - Fundamental Mathematics Research Department
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
1993 - 2000
Professor of Mathematics
1988 - 1993
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1984-1988
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Princeton University
1982-1984
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Postdoctoral advisor: Joseph B. Keller
Research Interests
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Analysis;
Applied Mathematics; Waves in Nonlinear, Inhomogeneous and Random Media;
Dynamical Systems; Homogenization; Multi-Scale Phenomena;
Applications to Nonlinear Optics, Communications,
Fluid Dynamics; Mathematical Physics
Visiting Positions
1995-1996
Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics
Princeton University
October, 1994
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
Institut Mittag Leffler
Djursholm, Sweden
June-July, 1993
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
E. Landau Center for Mathematical Analysis
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
June, 1992
Visiting Member
Institute for Advanced Study - Princeton
June, 1992 and May, 1989
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
Universite de Paris Sud, Orsay
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board: Journal of Nonlinear Science
Editorial Board: Mathematical Physics Electronic Journal
Editorial Board: Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science - Chapman & Hall Book Series
Committees
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
First Middle East Symposium on Frontiers in Science
and Engineering
Applied Mathematics Session Organizer - 2003
Mathematics of Complex Fluid Phenomena
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
U.S. Symposia on Frontiers in Science
Organizing Committee - 2001,2002
American Mathematical Society
Committee on Short Courses (2001-present)
SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and
Coherent Structures
Steering Committee
Grants
Invited Lectures
Students, Postdocs and Interns