Alexander
Kurganov
Associate Professor
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Phone: 862-3443
Office: Gibson 411
Website: http://www.math.tulane.edu/~kurganov/
Education
M.Sc. (Diploma of Higher Education) in MathematicsMechanical Mathematical Faculty, Moscow State University, USSR 1989
Thesis: Numerical Solution of Problems of Self-focusing
Advisors: Professor N. Bakhvalov, Senior Researcher M. Vladimirov
Ph.D., Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 1997
(Thesis Advisor: Professor E. Tadmor, Thesis Title: Conservation Laws: Stability of Numerical Approximations and Nonlinear Regularization)
Professional Background
2001 Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, Tulane University
1998-2001 Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, University of Michigan
Spring 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Applied and Computational mathematics,
Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece
Spring 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Mittag-Leffler Institute,
The Royal Academy of Sciences, Djursholm, Sweden
1994-1997 Instructor, School of mathematical Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1996-1997 Tutor, Department of Mathematics, Open University, Israel
1992-1994 Teaching Assistant, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1989-1991 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Odessa Civil Engineering Institute, Odessa, U.S.S.R.
Research interests
Numerical methods for time-dependent PDEs
Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
Degenerate Parabolic Equations
Numerical Analysis
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