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1 Current position

• Department Chair and Professor, Mathematical Sciences
• Co-Director, Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics

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2 Education

• Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1989

  • Dissertation: Qualitative studies of a convective porous medium equation with a nonlinear forcing at the boundary
  • Advisor: Howard A. Levine, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
  • Cognate Graduate Coursework: Fluid Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics

• B.A. Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota 1984

  • Minors: Business Economics, Physics

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3 Administrative and Academic Experience

• Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2013-Present

  • Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences, 2026-Present
  • Co-Director, Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2015-Present
  • Professor of Mathematics and Graduate Faculty, 2013-Present
  • Associate Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences, 2022-23, 2025
  • Acting Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences, 2024
  • Interim Department Chair, Chemistry, 2019-22
  • Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 2013-14

• University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 2009-13

  • Founding Dean, College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 2009-13
  • Professor of Mathematics and Graduate Faculty, 2009-13

• Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, 1992-2009

  • Grants and Special Projects Coordinator, College of Science and Engineering, 2008-09
  • Interim Dean, College of Science and Engineering, 2006-08
  • Department Chair, Mathematics and Statistics, 1999-2006
  • Professor of Mathematics and Graduate Faculty, 1992-2009 (Professor 1998-2009, Associate Professor 1994-98, Tenured 1994, Assistant Professor 1992-94)

• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1989-92

  • Assistant Professor and Graduate Faculty, 1989-92

• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1984-89

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Fellow, 1984-89
  • Thielman Award for top Mathematics doctoral candidate (judged by faculty), 1989
  • University Teaching Award, 1988; Boeing Fellowship, 1986-87
  • Director of Mathematics, Iowa State University Talented and Gifted Summer Program, 1987

• University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota, 1980-84

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, 1980-84
  • McCree Award for top junior Mathematics major (judged by faculty and senior Mathematics majors), 1983
  • University Concert Band, 1982-84; University Football Team, 1980-81

  

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