Curriculum Vitae

Natalia Komarova

EDUCATION:

1994-1998: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson (A.C. Newell - advisor)
1993-1994: M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
1988-1993: M.S. in Physics from Moscow State University (Diploma cum laude).

EMPLOYMENT:

2006-present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2006: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
2003-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Rutgers University
2003-2004: Member, Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Member, Program in Theoretical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, the University of Leeds, UK.
2001-2002: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Computer Science, the University of Chicago.
1999-2000: Member, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1998-1999: Research Fellow, Mathematics Institute, the University of Warwick, UK.
1993-1998: Research Assistant, Program in Applied Mathematics, the University of Arizona.

AWARDS:

2006-2007, Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, awarded by the Academice Senate, UCI.

2005 Sloan Fellowship award

The 2002 Prize for Promise

PUBLICATIONS

INVITED TALKS:

  • Summer 2007 - Society of Mathematical Biology, Minisymposium ``Mathematical Approaches to Modeling and Identifying Optimal Cancer Treatments'', San Jose, CA.
  • Summer 2007 - invited lecture, International School on Complexity: Course on Statistical Physics of Social Dynamics: Opinions, Semiotic Dynamics, and Language, Erice, Italy.
  • Spring 2007 - plenary talk, the 2007 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah.
  • UC 4-Campus Video-Colloquium in Human Social Complexity, talk on Color categorization.
  • Spring 2007 - University of Arizona, Applied Math Colloquium.
  • Winter 2007 - Conference on evolution of punishment, IMBS, Irvine
  • Summer 2006 - Working Group Meeting ON Computational Tumor Modeling, Center for the Development of a Virtual Tumor and DIMACS, Rutgers, NJ.
  • Spring 2006 - AMS Meeting: special session on mathematical biology, Notre Dame
  • Winter 2006 - The Evolution of Norms conference, IMBS, UCI
  • Fall 2005 - the 5th International Georgia Tech Conference on Bioinformatics, Atlanta, GA (keynote speaker).
  • Fall 2005 - The US National Academy of Engineering ``Frontiers of Engineering'' Symposium, Niskayuna, NY (unable to attend).
  • Spring 2005 - Learning and evolution of language workshop, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago.
  • Winter 2005 - Bard High School Early College, New York.
  • Fall 2004 - Applied Math seminar, UCI.
  • Fall 2004 - Conference on Complex Systems, Northwestern University.
  • Summer 2004 - Cancer Center, UC Irvine.
  • Summer 2004 - IAS/DIMAX workshop ``Genomic instability in cancer: biological and mathematical approaches'', Princeton, NJ.
  • Spring 2004 - South Carolina Bioinformatics Symposium, Charleston, SC.
  • Spring 2004 - Program in Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University.
  • Winter 2004 - Mathematical Physics seminar, Rutgers University.
  • Autumn 2003 - 90th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University.
  • Autumn 2003 - Hot Topics Workshop: Agent Based Modeling and Simulation, University of Minnesota.
  • Autumn 2003 - Rutgers University, BioMaPs seminar.
  • Spring 2003 - University of Arizona, Mathematics colloquium and Biomath seminar.
  • Winter 2003 - Columbia University, Applied Math colloquium.
  • Autumn 2002 - University of Washington
  • Winter 2002 - Rutgers University
  • Winter 2002 - University of Michigan.
  • Autumn 2001 - Princeton University, PACM colloquium.
  • Summer 2001 -International Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Hilo, Hawaii.
  • Summer 2001 - Conference "Development of the Human Species and Its Adaptation to the Environment", American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA.
  • Spring 2001 - Sixth SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah.
  • Spring 2001 - Language Learning and Evolution Workshop, IAS, Princeton.
  • Winter 2001 - Working Group on "Language Emergence and Mathematical Modeling", Santa Fe Institute.
  • Autumn 2000, Winter 2001 - The University of Chicago, Computations in Science seminar.
  • Autumn 2000 - The University of Warwick, UK.
  • Autumn 2000 - The University of Leeds, UK.
  • Spring 2000 - Princeton University, PACM colloquium.
  • Summer 1999 - Workshop on PDE's in Superconductivity, Super Fluids and Combustion (Corsica, France), 30 minutes talk.
  • Autumn 1998 - IHES, Paris, France.
  • Autumn 1998 - CECAM Workshop on Granular Geomorphology (ENS, Lyon, France), 1 hour talk.
  • Summer 1998 - University of Kyoto, Japan.
  • Summer 1998 - University of Yamaguchi, Japan.
  • Summer 1998 - University of Kushu, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Spring 1998 - Workshop on Dry Granular Materials (Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, France), 30 minutes talk.
  • Spring 1998 - Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
  • Autumn 1997, Spring 1998 - Twente University, The Netherlands.
  • Autumn 1997 - 3rd EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference (Goettingen, Germany), 20 minutes talk.
  • Autumn 1997 - Patterns and Dynamics in Complex Fluids and Biological Systems (Dresden, Germany), poster.
  • Autumn 1996 - Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Warwick, UK.
  • Autumn 1996 - AFOSR workshop (Tucson, AZ, USA), poster.
  • Spring 1996 - Los Alamos Days (Los Alamos, USA), talk.
    CONFERENCE and seminar series ORGANIZED:

  • 2004-2005: Organized the Applied and Computational Math seminar series, UCI.

  • Summer 2004: "Genomic Instability in Cancer: Biological and Mathematical Approaches", an IAS/DIMAX workshop, Princeton. Co-organized the conference with A. Levine.

  • Fall 1997: Organized a one-day workshop (MIR@W Days): "Patterns under water", University of Warwick.

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Winter 2006 - Teaching Math 291, "Mathematics of Complex Systems", a graduate course, UCI.
  • Fall 2006 - Teaching Math 112A (PDEs), UCI.
  • Spring 2006 - Teaching a graduate course, Math 291C, Topics in Applied Mathematics: Mathematical Modeling of Cancer, UCI.
  • Winter 2005 - Teaching Bio 169 (Quantitative methods in Biology), UCI.
  • Fall and Winter 2004- Teaching Math 112A-B (PDEs), UCI.
  • Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 - co-supervising two graduate students, Dept. of Math, Rutgers university.
  • Spring 2004 - Teaching Math 421, Advanced Calculus for Engineering, Rutgers University.
  • Spring 2004 - Teaching Math 151 (3 sections), Calculus for Physics and Math, Rutgers University.
  • Fall 2003 - Designed and taught the graduate course ``Mathematical Foundations of Biology'', Rutgers University
  • Summer term 1999 - Running the Experimental Mathematics MA112 course, Warwick.
  • Autumn & spring term 1998 - Supervisor of a 3rd year Applied Math Project, title: ``Natural pattern formation'', Warwick.
  • 1997, 1998, 1999 - Personal tutor at Warwick University, UK.
  • Spring term 1998 - Coordinator of the 3rd year Applied Math Project (general coordination, grading, organization of presentations).
  • Summer term 1997 - Supervisor of a Mathematics Lab at Warwick University, UK.
  • Summer 1996 - Teaching Assistant Summer School on Nonlinear Oscillations and Waves, University College, Cork, Ireland. Responsible for developing and coordinating a work session on mathematical methods in nonlinear science for the summer school, which was aimed at beginning graduate students in mathematics and physics.
  • 1995-1996 - Mentor in the Undergraduate Research Program - a pilot program at the University of Arizona designed to expose undergraduates to some topics in current mathematical research by pairing them with a graduate student. Responsible for mentoring students in linear ODE's, phase portraits and perturbation analysis.
  • 1995-1996 - Participant in a course in teaching techniques for Graduate teaching assistants at the University of Arizona. Project.
  • Fall semester 1995 - Graduate Assistant in Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Responsible for teaching a course in Finite Mathematics.

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