Dr.rer.nat.	(Ph.D.)	1993	Universitaet Augsburg (Germany), Mathematics
Diplom	(M.S.)	1991	Universitaet Augsburg, Mathematics, Computer Science
Vordiplom	(B.S.)	1989	Universitaet Augsburg, Mathematics, Computer Science

2004-	George Mason University, Associate Professor
2002-2004	George Mason University, Assistant Professor
2002-2004	University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Adjunct Assistant Professor
1998-2002	University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Assistant Professor
1997-1998	Universitaet Augsburg, Assistant Professor
1996-1997	Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor
1995-1996	Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Scholar
1993-1995	Universitaet Augsburg, Postdoctoral Fellow
1989-1993	Universitaet Augsburg, Teaching Assistant

2009-2012	National Science Foundation Grant (DMS-0907818, $105,000, PI),
	A hybrid of theoretical and computational methods for bifurcation analysis
2006-2011	National Science Foundation Grant (DMS-0639300, $1,057,257, co-PI),
	CSUMS: Development of an ongoing program of undergraduate computational
	mathematics research
2005-2010	U.S. Department of Energy Grant (DOE-97889, $297,833, PI),
	Multiscale analysis of nonlinear systems using computational homology
2004-2009	National Science Foundation Grant (DMS-0406231, $100,002, PI),
	Complex transient patterns in phase-field models
2004	Provost’s Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Leave, Spring Semester, GMU
2003	Provost’s Award for Summer Research Funding, GMU
2001	Summer Support, DOE Grant (Curtis Menyuk, UMBC)
2000-2001	DRIF-RAS Grant, UMBC
1999	Summer Faculty Fellowship, UMBC
1996-1997	Research Fellowship Wa 960/3-2, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1995-1996	Research Fellowship Wa 960/3-1, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1991-1993	Ph.D. Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1989-1991	Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

1.	Topology-guided sampling of nonhomogeneous random processes (with Konstantin Mischaikow). Annals of Applied Probability, to appear.
2.	Nucleation in the one-dimensional stochastic Cahn-Hilliard model (with Dirk Bloemker, Bernhard Gawron). Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series A, to appear.
3.	Homology metrics for microstructure response fields in polycrystals (with Edwin R. Fuller, David M. Saylor). Acta Materialia 58(1), pp. 102–110, 2010.
4.	Verified homology computations for nodal domains (with Sarah Day, William D. Kalies). SIAM Journal on Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 7(4), pp. 1695–1726, 2009.
5.	A semi-implicit spectral method for stochastic nonlocal phase-field models (with Tina Hartley). Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series A 25(2), pp. 399–429, 2009.
6.	Rigorous numerics for the Cahn-Hilliard equation on the unit square (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape, Ulrich Miller, Konstantin Mischaikow). Revista Matematica Complutense 21(2), pp. 351–426, 2008.
7.	Second phase spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 360(1), pp. 449–489, 2008.
8.	Probabilistic and numerical validation of homology computations for nodal domains (with Sarah Day, William D. Kalies, Konstantin Mischaikow). Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society 13, pp. 60–73, 2007.
9.	Structure of the attractor of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on a square (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape, Konstantin Mischaikow). International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 17(4), pp. 1221–1263, 2007.
10.	A Hermite spectral method for the computation of homoclinic orbits and associated functionals (with Valeriy Korostyshevskiy). Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 206(2), pp. 986–1006, 2007.
11.	Probabilistic validation of homology computations for nodal domains (with Konstantin Mischaikow). Annals of Applied Probability, 17(3), pp. 980–1018, 2007.
12.	Complex transient patterns on the disk (with Jonathan P. Desi, Evelyn Sander). Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series A, 15(4), pp. 1049–1078, 2006.
13.	Topological simplification of nonautonomous difference equations (with Bernd Aulbach). Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 12(3-4), pp. 283–296, 2006.
14.	Evolution of pattern complexity in the Cahn-Hilliard theory of phase separation (with Marcio Gameiro, Konstantin Mischaikow). Acta Materialia, 53(3), pp. 693–704, 2005.
15.	Maximum norms of random sums and transient pattern formation. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 356(6), pp. 2251–2279, 2004.
16.	Polarization decorrelation in optical fibers with randomly varying elliptical birefringence (with Brian S. Marks, Curtis R. Menyuk, John Zweck). Optics Letters, 28(19), pp. 1799–1801, 2003.
17.	Pattern formation in a nonlinear model for animal coats (with Evelyn Sander). Journal of Differential Equations, 191(1), pp. 143–174, 2003.
18.	Invariant foliations and decoupling of non-autonomous difference equations (with Bernd Aulbach). Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 9(5), pp. 459–472, 2003.
19.	Existence and uniqueness of risk-sensitive estimates (with James Lo). IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 47(11), pp. 1945–1948, 2002.
20.	Enstrophy dynamics of stochastically forced large-scale geophysical flows (with Dirk Bloemker, Jinqiao Duan). Journal of Mathematical Physics, 43(5), pp. 2616–2626, 2002.

21.	Roughness in surface growth equations (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Interfaces and Free Boundaries, 3(4), pp. 465–484, 2001.
22.	Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Communications in Mathematical Physics, 223(3), pp. 553–582, 2001.
23.	Surface roughness in molecular beam epitaxy (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Stochastics and Dynamics, 1(2), pp. 239–260, 2001.
24.	Slow motion in higher-order systems and Γ-convergence in one space dimension (with William D. Kalies, Robert C.A.M. VanderVorst). Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Applications, 44(1), pp. 33–57, 2001.
25.	Unexpectedly linear behavior for the Cahn-Hilliard equation (with Evelyn Sander). SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 60(6), pp. 2182–2202, 2000.
26.	The Hartman-Grobman theorem for Caratheodory type differential equations in Banach spaces (with Bernd Aulbach). Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods, and Applications, 40(1-8), pp. 91–104, 2000.
27.	Spinodal decomposition for multicomponent Cahn-Hilliard systems (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape, Barbara Stoth). Journal of Statistical Physics, 98(3-4), pp. 871–896, 2000.
28.	Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in higher dimensions: Nonlinear dynamics (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 151(3), pp. 187–219, 2000.
29.	Monte Carlo simulations for spinodal decomposition (with Evelyn Sander). Journal of Statistical Physics 95(5-6), pp. 925–948, 1999.
30.	Dissipative quasigeostrophic dynamics under random forcing (with James R. Brannan and Jinqiao Duan). Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 228(1), pp. 221–233, 1998.
31.	Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in higher dimensions. Part I: Probability and wavelength estimate (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Communications in Mathematical Physics 195(2), pp. 435–464, 1998.
32.	Solutions of nonlinear planar elliptic problems with triangle symmetry (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Journal of Differential Equations 136(1), pp. 1–34, 1997.
33.	Perturbation of doubly periodic solution branches with applications to the Cahn-Hilliard equation (with Paul C. Fife, Hansjoerg Kielhoefer, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Physica D 100(3-4), pp. 257–278, 1997.
34.	Linearization of random dynamical systems. Dynamics Reported 4, pp. 203–269, 1995.
35.	Supersolvable and modularly complemented matroid extensions (with Guenter M. Ziegler). European Journal of Combinatorics 12(4), pp. 341–360, 1991.
36.	On the chromaticity of certain subgraphs of a q-tree. Journal of Graph Theory 13(5), pp. 597–605, 1989.

37.	Phase separation in stochastic Cahn-Hilliard models (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Mathematical Methods and Models in Phase Transitions, edited by A. Miranville, pp. 1–41. Nova Science Publishers, 2005.
38.	Invariant foliations for Caratheodory type differential equations in Banach spaces (with Bernd Aulbach). Advances in Stability Theory at the End of the 20th Century, edited by A.A. Martynyuk, Stability and Control: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 1–14. Taylor and Francis, London, 2003.
39.	Integral manifolds for Caratheodory type differential equations in Banach spaces (with Bernd Aulbach). Six Lectures on Dynamical Systems, edited by B. Aulbach and F. Colonius, pp. 45–119. World Scientific, Singapore, 1996.

40.	Polarization mode dispersion, decorrelation, and diffusion in optical fibers with randomly varying elliptical birefringence (with Brian S. Marks, Curtis R. Menyuk, John Zweck). Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2003, Technical Digest, pp. 370–372, 2003.
41.	Spinodal decomposition: A survey of recent results (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape and Evelyn Sander). In: B. Fiedler, K. Groeger, and J. Sprekels (editors), Equadiff 99, Proceedings of the International Conference on Differential Equations, Volume 2, pp. 1288–1299, World Scientific, 2000.
42.	Spinodal decomposition for the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation (with Dirk Bloemker, Stanislaus Maier-Paape). In: B. Fiedler, K. Groeger, and J. Sprekels (editors), Equadiff 99, Proceedings of the International Conference on Differential Equations, Volume 2, pp. 1265–1267, World Scientific, 2000.
43.	Spinodal decomposition in the linear Cahn-Hilliard model (with Stanislaus Maier-Paape). Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 78(S3), pp. S1003–S1004, 1998.
44.	Qualitative behavior of random differential equations. In: D. Bainov and A. Dishliev (editors), Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium on Differential Equations, Volume 2, pp. 242–257, SCT Publishing, 1995.

45.	Review of Computational Homology by T. Kaczynski, K. Mischaikow, and M. Mrozek. SIAM Review, 48(1), pp. 202–204, 2006.

46.	Zur Linearisierung zufaelliger dynamischer Systeme. Ph.D. thesis, Universitaet Augsburg, Germany, 172 pages, 1993.
47.	Invariante Faserbuendel und topologische Aequivalenz bei dynamischen Prozessen. M.S. thesis, Universitaet Augsburg, Germany, 135 pages, 1991.

48.	The dynamics of nucleation in stochastic Cahn-Morral systems (with Jonathan P. Desi, Hanein Edrees, Joseph J. Price, and Evelyn Sander).
49.	Coreduction homology algorithm for inclusions and persistent homology (with Marian Mrozek).

current	Scott Cochran, in progress, GMU.
2009	Andrew Corrigan: Kernel-Based Meshless Methods,
	Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics, GMU.
2008	Tina R. Hartley: An Analysis of Phase Separation Processes for Stochastic
	and Nonlocal Extensions of the Classical Phase-Field Model,
	Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics, GMU.
2005	Valeriy R. Korostyshevskiy: A Hermite Spectral Approach to Homoclinic
	Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations,
	Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, UMBC.

2008	Elan Rodan: Successive Continuation for Locating Connecting Orbits,
	M.S. in Mathematics, GMU.
2004	Jonathan P. Desi: A Study of the Cahn-Hilliard Equation on the Unit Disk,
	M.S. in Applied Mathematics, UMBC.
2002	Jennifer E. Deering: Computation of the Bifurcation Structure of the
	Cahn-Hilliard Equation, M.S. in Applied Mathematics, UMBC.

current	James O’Beirne: The Dynamics of Nucleation in Stochastic Cahn-Morral
	Systems, CSUMS Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2009	Colleen Ackerman: The Dynamics of Nucleation in Stochastic Cahn-Morral
	Systems, REU Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2009	William Hardesty: The Dynamics of Nucleation in Stochastic Cahn-Morral
	Systems, REU Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2009	Thomas Stephens: Nonlocal Extensions of the Classical Phase Field Model,
	CSUMS Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2008	Hanein Edrees: The Dynamics of Nucleation in Stochastic Cahn-Morral
	Systems, CSUMS Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2008	Jonathan Price: The Dynamics of Nucleation in Stochastic Cahn-Morral
	Systems, CSUMS Undergraduate Research Project, GMU.
2005	Ravi Kappiyoor: Microstructure Response Isosurfaces for Low Thermal
	Expansion Polycrystals, Summer Research Project, GMU & NIST.
2003	Eli Leyman: Solidification Phenomena in Pure Materials,
	Summer Research Project, GMU.
2003	Jonathan P. Desi: A Numerical Study of Nucleation in Stochastic
	Cahn-Morral Systems, Undergraduate Senior Thesis, UMBC.

Spring 2010	Math 114	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
	Math 686	Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
Fall 2009	Math 213	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
	Math 781	Advanced Methods in Applied Mathematics
Spring 2009	Math 213	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
	Math 625	Numerical Linear Algebra
Fall 2008	Math 685	Numerical Analysis
Spring 2008	Math 214	Elementary Differential Equations
	Math 678	Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2007	Math 677	Ordinary Differential Equations
Summer 2007	Math 493	Topics in Applicable Mathematics
Spring 2007	Math 625	Numerical Linear Algebra
	Math 689	Nonlinear Functional Analysis
Spring 2006	Math 114	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
	Math 686	Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
Fall 2005	Math 685	Numerical Analysis
Spring 2005	Math 108	Introductory Calculus with Business Applications
	Math 214	Elementary Differential Equations
Fall 2004	Math 113	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
	Math 689	Computational Algebraic Topology

Fall 2003	Math 111	Linear Mathematical Modeling
	Math 675	Linear Analysis I
Spring 2003	Math 414	Modern Applied Mathematics II
	Math 673	Dynamical Systems
Fall 2002	Math 213	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
	Math 446	Numerical Analysis I

Spring 2002	Math 302	Introduction to Mathematical Analysis II
	Math 601	Measure Theory
Fall 2001	Math 301	Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I (two sections)
	Math 699	Introduction to Conley Index Theory (Reading course)
Spring 2001	Math 302	Introduction to Mathematical Analysis II
	Math 612	Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
	Math 699	Introduction to Algebraic Topology (Reading course)
Fall 2000	Math 221	Introduction to Linear Algebra
	Math 301	Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I
	Math 699	Practical Bifurcation and Stability Analysis (Reading course)
Spring 2000	Math 225	Introduction to Differential Equations
	Math 710	Nonlinear Functional Analysis
Fall 1999	Math 251	Multivariable Calculus
	Math 251	Multivariable Calculus (Honors section)
	Math 614	Partial Differential Equations
	Math 699	Introduction to Conley Index Theory (Reading course)
Spring 1999	Math 152	Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
	Math 611	Applied Analysis
	Math 699	Introduction to Algebraic Topology (Reading course)
Fall 1998	Math 151	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

1.	“Dynamics and morphology of phase separation”. SIAM-GMU Faculty Research Symposium, Fairfax, Virginia (November 6, 2009).
2.	“The dynamics of nucleation in stochastic Cahn-Morral systems”. Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Boca Raton, Florida (October 31, 2009).
3.	“The dynamics of nucleation in stochastic Cahn-Morral systems”. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (October 13, 2009).
4.	“Homology of complicated and random evolving patterns”. Sandia CSRI Workshop on Combinatorial Algebraic Topology, Santa Fe, New Mexico (August 29, 2009).
5.	“The dynamics of nucleation in stochastic Cahn-Morral systems”. International Conference on Random Dynamical Systems, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Tianjin, China (June 8, 2009).
6.	“Counting holes in microstructures: Topology and materials”. REU & URCM Research Seminar Series, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (June 3, 2009).
7.	“Topology-guided sampling of Gaussian random fields”. Workshop on Topology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey (April 1, 2009).
8.	“Spinodal decomposition: Complex patterns and topology”. Soft Matter Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (February 24, 2009).
9.	“Determining the topology of random evolving patterns from discretizations”. LCDS Seminar, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (February 23, 2009).
10.	“Homology computations for random nodal domains”. Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Washington, DC (January 6, 2009).
11.	“Homology computations for random nodal domains”. Applied Mathematics Seminar, George Washington University, Washington, DC (November 18, 2008).
12.	“Verified homology computations for nodal domains”. Computational Topology and Dynamics Workshop, Bozeman, Montana (August 12, 2008).
13.	“Topology-guided sampling of complicated random patterns”. Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Hong Kong, China (June 16, 2008).
14.	“Topology-guided sampling of complicated random patterns”. Rocky Mountain Conference on Dynamical Systems, Park City, Utah (May 16, 2008).
15.	“Topology-guided sampling of complicated random patterns”. Oberseminar, Universitaet Augsburg, Germany (April 14, 2008).
16.	“Counting holes in microstructures: Topology and materials”. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Fairfax, Virginia (April 1, 2008).
17.	“Homological analysis of complicated random patterns”. Applied Dynamics Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (February 14, 2008).
18.	“Topological quantification of complex microstructures”. US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland (January 31, 2008).
19.	“Homological analysis of complicated random patterns”. Mathematics Colloquium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (November 30, 2007).
20.	“Homological analysis of complicated random patterns”. CSUMS Lecture, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (November 12, 2007).

21.	“Counting holes in microstructures: Topology and materials”. Science Showcase for High End High School Students, Fairfax, Virginia (October 19, 2007).
22.	“Homological analysis of complicated random patterns”. GMU Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar, Fairfax, Virginia (October 12, 2007).
23.	“Uncertainty quantification for homology computations”. ICIAM 07: 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Zuerich, Switzerland (July 20, 2007).
24.	“Der Cahn-Hilliard Attraktor in zwei Raumdimensionen”. Oberseminar, Universitaet Augsburg, Germany (July 12, 2007).
25.	“Determining the topology of complex stochastic patterns from finite discretizations”. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah (May 30, 2007).
26.	“Homological characterization of patterns”. Computational Homology and Fluid Dynamics Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia (March 1, 2007).
27.	“Structure of the attractor of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on a square”. Seminar, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (February 12, 2007).
28.	“Homological analysis of complex transient patterns via discretizations”. Workshop on Topological and Computational Approaches to Dynamical Systems and Applications, Kyoto, Japan (February 9, 2007).
29.	“Complex transient patterns and their topology”. Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, Toronto, Canada (December 11, 2006).
30.	“Probabilistic and numerical validation of homology computations for nodal domains”. Dynamics and Control Seminar, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey (October 24, 2006).
31.	“Probabilistic and numerical validation of homology computations for nodal domains”. Workshop on Application of Topology in Science and Engineering, MSRI, Berkeley, California (September 18, 2006).
32.	“Zur Homologie von Knotengebieten zufaelliger Fourierreihen”. Universitaet Augsburg, Germany (June 19, 2006).
33.	“On the accuracy of homology computations for nodal domains”. DyToComp 2006: Dynamics, Topology, and Computations, Bedlewo, Poland (June 6, 2006).
34.	“Topological quantification of complex microstructures”. Day of Computational Mathematics, Nowy Sacz, Poland (June 2, 2006).
35.	“Computational homology and the evolution of complex patterns”. Graduate Seminar, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (April 26, 2006).
36.	“Complex transient patterns and their homology”. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (April 3, 2006).
37.	“Computational homology and the evolution of complex patterns”. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (March 24, 2006).
38.	“Computational homology and the evolution of complex patterns”. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey (February 24, 2006).
39.	“Homological characterization of patterns in phase separation”. Workshop on Computational Homology and Materials Science, Atlanta, Georgia (February 4, 2006).
40.	“Computational homology tutorial: Accuracy of homology computations”. Workshop on Computational Homology and Materials Science, Atlanta, Georgia (February 2, 2006).

41.	“On the accuracy of homology computations for nodal domains”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (December 1, 2005).
42.	“Computational approaches to phase separation dynamics”. Third Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (August 18, 2005).
43.	“Evolution of complex transient patterns”. Mini-Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis and Applications, Augsburg, Germany (June 24, 2005).
44.	“The effects of noise on transient pattern formation”. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah (May 26, 2005).
45.	“Residual stress networks in polycrystalline materials: Their origin and character”. SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah (May 23, 2005).
46.	“Long-term dynamics of the Cahn-Hilliard equation”. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland (May 2, 2005).
47.	“Algebraic topology and the evolution of complex patterns”. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland (April 15, 2005).
48.	Lecture series at the summer school on “Conley-Index and Computational Homology”. Pappenheim, Germany (September 19–24, 2004).
49.	“Stochastic Cahn-Hilliard dynamics”. Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Pomona, California (June 16, 2004).
50.	“A probabilistic approach to transient pattern formation”. SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Los Angeles, California (May 26, 2004).
51.	“Evolution of pattern complexity in Cahn-Hilliard models”. SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Los Angeles, California (May 25, 2004).
52.	“Higher-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard-Cook dynamics”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (April 19, 2004).
53.	“Cahn-Hilliard dynamics in higher dimensions”. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (March 18, 2004).
54.	“Stochastic Cahn-Hilliard dynamics”. US-Japan Workshop on Dynamics and Computation, Shonan, Japan (March 9, 2004).
55.	“Stochastic Cahn-Hilliard dynamics”. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (February 26, 2004).
56.	“Pattern formation in Cahn-Hilliard-type models”. NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland (February 17, 2004).
57.	“Random sums and transient pattern formation”. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (January 13, 2004).
58.	“Pattern formation in Cahn-Hilliard-type models”. Laboratory for Computer Design of Materials, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (October 6, 2003).
59.	“Transient pattern formation in the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook model”. NSF-CBMS Conference on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and their Applications, Chicago, Illinois (May 22, 2003).
60.	“Random sums and transient pattern formation”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (March 27, 2003).

61.	“Polarization mode dispersion, decorrelation, and diffusion in optical fibers with randomly varying elliptical birefringence”. Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2003, Atlanta, Georgia (March 26, 2003).
62.	“Random sums and transient pattern formation”. Universitaet Augsburg, Germany (June 25, 2002).
63.	“Random sums and transient pattern formation”. RWTH Aachen, Germany (June 18, 2002).
64.	“Stochastic phenomena in pattern formation mechanisms”. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (March 19, 2002).
65.	“Transient pattern formation in parabolic problems”. Georgetown University, Washington, DC (October 12, 2001).
66.	“Pattern formation in metal alloys”. Physics Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland (April 4, 2001).
67.	“Transient pattern formation in metal alloys”. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (November 30, 2000).
68.	“Transient pattern formation in the Cahn-Hilliard model”. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (May 15, 2000).
69.	“Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard model”. EquaDiff 99, Berlin, Germany (August 2, 1999).
70.	“Introduction to random dynamical systems”. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (November 20, 1998).
71.	“Pattern formation in metal alloys”. SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (November 12, 1998).
72.	“Spinodal decomposition for multi-component Cahn-Hilliard systems”. Third Americas Conference on Differential Equations and Nonlinear Analysis, Atlanta, Georgia (September 12, 1998).
73.	“Pattern formation in higher-order parabolic differential equations”. UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland (March 6, 1998).
74.	“Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in higher dimensions”. Workshop on interfaces and parabolic regularisation, Leiden University, Netherlands, (November 6, 1997).
75.	“Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in higher dimensions”. AMS 1997 Fall Central Sectional Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 25, 1997).
76.	“Slow motion in higher-order systems and Γ-convergence in one space dimension”. AMS 1997 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (October 18, 1997).
77.	“Spinodal decomposition for the Cahn-Hilliard equation”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (October 9, 1997).
78.	“Slow motion in higher-order systems and Γ-convergence in one space dimension”. Large time behavior in dynamical systems: Analysis and numerics, Oberwolfach, Germany (August 1, 1997).
79.	“Slow motion in higher-order parabolic equations”. Third European conference on elliptic and parabolic problems, Pont-a-Mousson, France (June 16, 1997).
80.	“Slow motion and pattern formation in higher-order parabolic equations”. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (February 7, 1997).

81.	“Slow motion and pattern formation in higher-order parabolic equations”. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (February 6, 1997).
82.	“Pattern formation in the Cahn-Hilliard equation”. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (May 30, 1996).
83.	“Slow motion in higher-order singularly perturbed equations”. Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (May 17, 1996).
84.	“Construction of doubly periodic solutions of nonlinear planar elliptic equations with certain nodal domains” (poster session). Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia (March 10, 1996).
85.	“Introduction to random dynamical systems”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (lecture series, November 14, 21, and 28, 1995, January 23 and 30, 1996).
86.	“Linearization of random dynamical systems”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (November 16, 1995).
87.	“Stationary solutions of the Cahn-Hilliard equation in two dimensions”. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (September 28, 1995).
88.	“Qualitative behavior of random differential equations”. Fifth international colloquium on differential equations, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria (August 20, 1994).
89.	“Linearization of random dynamical systems”. Universitaet Muenchen, Germany (July 25, 1994).
90.	“Linearization of random dynamical systems — an approach via nonautonomous random difference equations”. First international conference on difference equations, Trinity University – San Antonio, Texas (May 26, 1994).
91.	“A generalized Hartman-Grobman theorem for random dynamical systems”. Workshop “A day full of randomness,” Universitaet Bremen, Germany (June 4, 1993).
92.	“A Hartman-Grobman theorem for discrete random dynamical systems”. Universitaet Bremen, Germany (January 7, 1993).
93.	“Matroid extensions”. Fourth international symposium on graph theory and combinatorics, CIRM – Marseille Luminy, France (July 12, 1990).
94.	“Supersolvable matroid extensions”. RISC-workshop on combinatorics and computational algebraic geometry, RISC – Linz, Austria (May 25, 1989).

2008-	Departmental Policy & Hiring Committee
2007-	College of Science Promotion and Tenure Committee
2009	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Javed Siddique)
2009	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee, Co-Chair (Andrew Corrigan)
2009	M.S. Committee (Terrance Flynn)
2008	Departmental Endowed Professor Hiring Committee, Chair
2008	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee (Robert Reznik)
2008	M.S. Committee, Chair (Elan Rodan)
2008	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee (Richard Tatum)
2008	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee, Co-Chair (Andrew Corrigan)
2008	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee, Chair (Tina Hartley)
2006-2008	Departmental Graduate Committee
2007	M.S. Committee (Mary Ann Graham)
2007	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee (Tina Hartley)
2007	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee (Javed Siddique)
2005-2007	Departmental Colloquium Committee
2006	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Timothy Seaman)
2006	Preliminary Exam Committee (Linear Analysis, ODE)
2006	Honors Thesis Committee (Tyler White)
2003-2006	Departmental SCS Liaison

2005	Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Committee (Timothy Seaman)
2005	Departmental Postdoc Hiring Committee
2005	Departmental Hiring Committee
2003	M.S. Committee (Karen Crossin)
2003	Undergraduate Grade Appeal Committee

2005	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Valeriy Korostyshevskiy)
2004	M.S. Thesis Defense Committee, Chair (Jonathan Desi)
2003	Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee (Valeriy Korostyshevskiy)
2002	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Devasis Bassu)
2002	M.S. Thesis Defense Committee, Chair (Jennifer Deering)
2001-2002	Applied Mathematics Colloquium Organizer
2001-2002	Departmental Hiring Committee (Applied Mathematics)
2001	Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee (Justin Nave)
1998-2001	Departmental Graduate Program Committee
2001	Ph.D. Thesis Defense Committee (Igor Shimansky)
2001	Differential Equations Seminar Organizer
2000-2001	Departmental Library Liaison
1999-2000	Hiring Committee (Department Chair)
1999-2000	Departmental Hiring Committee (Scientific Computing)
1999	Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee (Devasis Bassu)
1999	M.S. Thesis Defense Committee (Yoon Song)
1998-1999	Classroom Instructional Technology Committee