CURRICULUM VITAE

 

DAVID W. McLAUGHLIN

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EDUCATION:

 

1966                                  B.S. Creighton University, magna cum laude

1969                                  M.S. Indiana University

1971                                  Ph.D. Indiana University, in Physics

                                          (Advisor: L. Schulman)

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

1970-1972                         Assistant Professor, Mathematics, New York University

1972-1974                         Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Iowa State University

1974-1979                         Associate Professor, Mathematics, University of Arizona

1979-1989                         Professor, Mathematics, University of Arizona

1980-1982                         Visiting Member, Courant Institute, New York University

1989-1994                         Professor, Mathematics, Princeton University

1994-2000                         Professor, Mathematics, New York University

2000-2005                         Professor, Mathematics and Neural Science, New York University

2005-present                      Professor, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU, School of Medicine

 


ADMINISTRATION:

1986-1989                         Chairman, Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona

 

1986-1989                         Co-director of Arizona AFOSR Center of Math Sciences

 

1992-1994                         Director, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

 

1994-2002                         Director, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

 

2002-present                      Provost, New York University

 

 

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND CONSULTANCIES

 

1966-1967 (Summers)       Physicist, Naval Ordnance Laboratory

1978-present                      Consultant, Los Alamos, New Mexico

1980-1982                         Consultant, Exxon Research Corp., Linden, NJ

 

 

HONORS RECEIVED:

2003-2006                         Chairman, Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications, (NAS) National Research Council

2003                                  Elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2002                                  Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2001-2003                         Chairman, SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems

2000                                  Elected, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1995                                  IX David Alcaraz Spinola Award, Univ. Mexico

1994                                  International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich

                                               Invited Address

1992                                  Plenary Lecture, SIAM Dynamical Systems Conference

                                               Snowbird, Utah

1979                                  Member, US-USSR Academy Exchange on Solitons

1978                                  Member, US-Japan Scientific Exchange

1978                                  ''The Soliton - A New Concept in Applied Science'' Acknowledged by Citation Index as a .Citation Classic.

                                          (with A. Scott and F. Chu)

1976                                  Lester Ford Award by American Mathematics Association of America

                                          (with J.B. Keller)

1969-1970                         NSF National Fellowship

1966-1970                         NDEA Title IV Fellow

 

 

SPECIALIZATIONS:

 

                                          Applied Mathematics;

                                          Mathematical Physics;

                                          Nonlinear Optics;

                                          Mathematical Neuroscience;



CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

                                          Modelling of the Primary Visual Cortex;     

                                          Nonlinear Wave Equations;

                                          Qualitative nonlinear behavior in pde's;

                                          Nonlinear Optics;

                                         

 

SELECTED INVITED LECTURES:

 

2004   

Invited Lecture: Sloan-Swartz Centers for Theoretical Neurobiology, Cold Spring Harbor "Scaling-up Cortical Representations in Fluctuation-Driven Systems"

 

Invited Lecture: New Jersey Institute of Technology "Scaling-up Cortical Representations"

 

Invited Lecture . MSRI Mathematical Neuroscience Conference, Berkeley, CA "Scaling-up Cortical Representations"

2003

Invited Lecture: SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, "Scaling-up Cortical Representations in Fluctuation-Driven Settings"

 

Invited Lecture: Conference in honor of Nancy Kopell, Boston University ''Simple and Complex Cells in Primary Visual Cortex''

 

Invited Lecture: JBKeller 80, Stanford University ''Scale Up for Cortical Modelling''

 

            Invited Lecture: Papanicolaou Conference, Stanford University ''Simple and Complex Cells in Primary Visual Cortex''

2002

Invited Lecture - Class of 27 Lecture Series in Applied Mathematics,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York

 

Invited Lecture, ''Miller Lecture'', Iowa State University,
''Modelling of Primary Visual Cortex: An Example of Mathematical Neural Science''

2001

Invited Lecture, ''Modelling the Primary Visual Cortex''
ITP Dynamics of Neural Networks, Santa Barbara, CA

 

Plenary Lecture, 7th Latin American Workshop on Nonlinear
Phenomena, Morales, Mexico

 

Organizer, Minisymposium ''Feedback and Dynamics for Early
Visual Processing in Cortex'', Berlin

 

Co-organizer, Minisymposium ''Modelling the Visual Cortex''
SIAM Dynamical Systems Conf, Snowbird, UT

 

''Modelling the Visual Cortex'', AAAS Annual Meeting 2001
San Francisco, CA

1999

Workshop in Modelling the Primary Visual Cortex,
Santa Fe Institute

1998

IMA Workshop on Computational Neuroscience

 

Invited Author "The NLS Equation as Both a Pde and a
Dynamical System'', (with D. Cai and K. McLaughlin)
Handbook in Dynamical Systems

1997

Invited Short Course ''Homoclinic and Chaotic Behavior
 for Pde's'' (with J. Shatah) AMS/SMM joint meeting

1996

Closing Address, Conference for P. Lax and L. Nirenberg
Venice, Italy

1995

A Principal Lecturer, ''Nonlinear Dispersive Waves'',
Park City Summer School

 

AMS/SMM biennial meeting, University of Guanajuato, Mexico

 

INRIA/SIAM, Rocquencourt, France

 

U of New Mexico/CNLS Distinguished Lecturer

                                           

                                         

 

SERVICE:

1975                                  Organized Soliton Conference, Tucson

1977-1989                         Member, Applied Mathematics Program University of Arizona

1978-1980                         Member, Organization Committee, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos

1983-1984                         Organized AMS Conference on Inverse Methods, New York

1984                                  Member, Organization Committee, AMS-SIAM Nonlinear Equation Conference, Santa Fe

1988-1989                         Acting Associate Director for Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Arizona

1992-1995                         Editor, AMS Mathematical Surveys and Monographs

1992-present                      Editor, Journal of Nonlinear Science

1992-present                      Editor, Surveys in Applied Mathematics, Plenum Press

1992-present                      Member, SIAM Dynamical Systems Working Group

1992-present                      Editor, Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

1993                                  Member, Review Board, DOE, Applied Math

1993                                  Member, Science Policy Committee of SIAM

1994-1996                         Member, IMA Board of Governors

1994-1995                         Member, SIAM Committee on Journals

1994                                  Co-chair, Special Semester at MSRI on ''Probabilistic and Dynamical Systems Methods for PDE''

1994                                  Co-chair, AMS-SIAM Summer Workshop on ''Probabilistic and Dynamical Systems for PDE''

1995                                  Member, Review Committee, University of Minnesota, Department of Mathematics

1995                                  Member, Review Committee, University of New Mexico, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

1996-1997                         Member, Canadian Mathematics Review Committee

1996-present                      Editor, Communications and Applied Analysis

1996-present                      Member, Governing Board, FENOMEC, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

1997                                  Member, Site Visit Team, Institute for Advanced Study, NSF

1997-2000                         Editor, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics

1998                                  Member, Advisory Committee, Math and Computer Science Division, Army Research Office

1998                                  Member, Preproposal Review - Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure, National Science Foundation

1998                                  Member, Program Committee - 4th Joint AMS-SMM Meeting

2001                                  Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science

 

 

EDUCATIONAL IMPACT:

 

Undergraduate Students:

 

2001                         A. Ancheta

2001, 2002, 2003     D. Lorentz

2001                         T. Novikov

1992                         A. Hosoi

 

Other Students:

                                 M. Patel

                                 R. Plessier

Ph.D. Students:

 

1975-1978               E.A. Overman, (Co-director with F.A. Hopf)

1975-1979               M.G. Forest

1984-1988               H. Adachihara, (Co-director with A. Newell)

1987-1991               S. Jin (Co-director with D. Levermore)

1987-1991               C. Schober

1988-1991               H. Roitner (Co-director with N. Ercolani)

1989-1991               O. Wright

1989-1993               Y. Li

1989-1997               Y. Chen

1990-1994               J. Bronski

1995-1999               R. Goodman (Co-director with A. Majda)

1996-2000               D. Nykamp (Co-director with R. Shapley)


Postdoctoral Advisees:

 

1990-1993               D. Muraki

1993-1994               X. Wang

1993-1996               T. Ueda

1997-2000               D. Cai

1997-2000               J. Wielaard

1999-2003               L. Tao

2001-                       A. Guillamon

2003-                       A. Rangan

 

 

PERSONAL DATA:

 

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 11, 1944

 

Married: Wife - Ruth Ann

 

Children: Richard, Kenneth, Erin-Rose, Alisan

 

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