Curriculum Vitae

Michael I. Weinstein
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics (affiliated)
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 - 2005
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; Multi-Scale Phenomena;
Applications to Nonlinear Optics, Mathematical Physics,
Fluid Dynamics; Geosciences

Honors

Distinguished Lecture in Applied Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October, 2009;
Plenary Lectures:
VIII Americas Conference on Differential Equations, Veracruz, Mexico, 2009
Conference on Multiscale Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, Michigan State University, 2008
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Orlando, 2004;
Invited Course on Nonlinear Dispersive Waves and Applications, Colloque Trimester - Institut Henri Poincare, May-June, 2009
Invited Tutorial: ``Waves in Microstructures'', Int'l Conf. on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena, University of Georgia, 2007;
Invited Lecturer, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Frontiers in Science; Irvine, CA, 2001

Visiting Positions

May-June, 2009
Visiting Professor
Centre Emile Borel
Institut Henri Poincar'e, Paris

July, 2009
Visiting Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics
and Computer Science
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel

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: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
Editorial Board: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Recent Service

SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures - Vice Chair 2009-

National Science Foundation Panels in Applied Mathematics and Partial Differential Equations

New York Academy of Sciences Judge, Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, 2008-

Co-organizer (with J. Colliander and V. Zharnitsky)
Conference on Analysis of Nonlinear Wave Equations and Applications
Banff International Research Station; Banff, Canada, August, 2009

Co-organizer (with I.M. Sigal, A. Soffer and J. Froehlich)
Conference on Evolution of Microscopic and Macroscopic Fields
Banff International Research Station; Banff, Canada, September, 2006

Co-organizer (with D.F. Parker and C.A. Stuart)
Conference on Mathematical Problems in Nonlinear Optics and Microstructure Media,
International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), Edinburgh, 2004

U.S. National Academy of Sciences
First Middle East Symposium on Frontiers in Science and Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey -2004
Organizer, Applied Mathematics Session, ``Mathematics of Complex Fluid Phenomena''

U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Symposium on Frontiers in Science; Irvine, CA
Organizing Committee - 2002,2003, and speaker 2001