Qiang Du
| Qiang Du | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Fields | Applied Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Pennsylvania State University (2001-2014) Columbia University |
| Alma mater |
University of Science and Technology of China (B.S., 1983) Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D., 1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Max D. Gunzburger |
Qiang Du, (Chinese: 杜强), Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics at Columbia University, is a mathematician and computational scientist. Prior to moving to Columbia, he was the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University affiliated with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Mathematics and Materials Sciences. Du was elected a fellow of SIAM on March 29, 2013 for "contributions to applied and computational mathematics with applications in material science, computational geometry, and biology."[1]
Ph. D.
After completing his BS degree at University of Science and Technology of China in 1983,[2] Du earned his Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. His thesis was written under the direction of Max D. Gunzburger.[3]
Publications
As of November 11, 2015, Du's publications have been cited over 9,000 times, and he has an h-index of 49.[4] His two most often cited papers are
- Qiang Du, Vance Faber, and Max Gunzburger, "Centroidal Voronoi tessellations: Applications and algorithms", SIAM Review 41 (1999), no. 4, pp. 637–676. MR 1722997 (cited 1231 times)
- Qiang Du,[3] Max Gunzburger, and Janet S. Peterson, "Analysis and approximation of the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity", SIAM Review 34 (1992), no 1, 54-81. MR 1156289 (cited 415 times)
Students and post-doctorates
As of July 2013, 15 students had completed their Ph.D. degrees under Du's supervision. He had also supported 7 post-doctorates.
References
- ↑ SIAM announces Class of 2013 Fellows, siam.org
- ↑ "Qiang Du's Bio". Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- 1 2 Qiang Du at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Google Scholar Record for Q. Du
External links
- Qiang Du at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Qiang Du's home page at Columbia University
- Qiang Du's home page at Penn State