Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• 1991-1993: Texas A&M University, TX, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1993
• 1982-1983: University of Bucharest, Romania, M.S., August 1983
• 1978-1982: West University of Timisoara , Romania, B.S., August 1982

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• 2000-Pres: Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 1997-2000: Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 1994-1997: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 1993-1994: Lecturer, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
• 1991-1993: Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University, TX
• 1983-1991: Junior Researcher, Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy, Romania

FUNDED GRANTS

• 2007-2010: National Science Foundation, Analsyis Program, Grant 0651879: Multivariable Operator Theory on Noncommutative Domains (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).
• 2004-2007: National Science Foundation, Analsyis Program, Grant 0353513: Topics in Multivariable Operator Theory and Interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).
• 2001-2004: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analsyis, Grant 0098157: Noncommutative Harmonic Analsyis, Operator Algebras, and Interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).
• 2000-2001: National Research Council, Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE) Grant: Dilation Theory on Fock spaces with indefinite metric and non-analytic interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).
• 1996-2000: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analsyis, Grant 9531954: Noncommutative Harmonic Analsyis and Operator Algebras (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).
• 1995: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analsyis, Grant 9311902(Young Investigator Award; Principal Investigators: W.B. Johnson, D.R. Larson, G. Pisier, and J. Zinn)
• 1994: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analsyis, Grant 9311902 (Young Investigator Award; Principal Investigators: W.B. Johnson, D.R. Larson, G. Pisier, and J. Zinn)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 1989: Simion Stoilow, the first prize of the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Romania.
• 2004: President's Distinguished Achivement Award for Research Excellence, University of Texas at San Antonio.

RECENT CONFERENCE TALKS

• 2004 - Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Texas A&M University (main speaker).
• 2004 - The 20-th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania.
• 2005 - Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Central Florida.
• 2005 - Invariant and hyperinvariant subspaces, Texas A&M University (invited speaker).
• 2005 - Wabash Miniconference, Indianapolis (invited speaker).
• 2006 - The 21-st International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania (main speaker).
• 2006 - Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Iowa.
• 2007 - Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Nebraska (plenary speaker).
• 2007 - Operator Spaces, Noncommutative Lp spaces and Applications, Marseille, France (invited speaker).