Curriculum Vitae of
Fadil Santosa
www.math.umn.edu/ santosa
last updated: March 2012
Contact information
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
University of Minnesota
*** *hurch St SE, 400 Lind Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Tel: 612-***-****,abowaa@r.postjobfree.com
Educational Record
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, May 1976
M.S. and Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana, De-
cember 1977 and October 1980
Professional Experience
Academic AppointmentsCornell University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, October 1980 to July 1982
Lecturer and Research Associate, July 1982 to July 1983
Assistant Professor, July 1983 to July 1985University of Delaware, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Assistant Professor, September 1985 to June 1987
Associate Professor, June 1987 to June 1992
Professor, June 1992 to May 1996University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Professor, June 1993 to May 1996University of Minnesota, School of Mathematics
Professor, September 1995present
Administrative Appointments
University of Delaware, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Director of Graduate Studies, June 1992 to December 1994University of Minnesota,
School of Mathematics,
Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics,
Associate Director, September 1995 to December 2000
Director, January 2000 to July 2007Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Associate Director for Industrial Programs, July 1997 to July 2001
Deputy Director, July 2001 to August 2004
Director, July 2008 to presentVisiting positions
UniversityofMaryland,DepartmentofMathematics,VisitingAssociateProfessor,Septem
-
ber 1987 to August 1988
Rutgers University, Department of Mathematics, Visiting Associate Professor, September
1991 to June 1992
University of Trieste, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Visiting Professor sponsored
by the CNR of Italy, June 1993 to August 1993
Cornell University, Advanced Computing Research Institute, Theory Center, Visiting Pro-
fessor, January 1995 to August 1995
Department of Mathematics, University of Florence, Visiting Professor II, May 2004-June
2004
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, September 2007 to June 2008
Pacific Institute of Mathematics, Distinguished Visitor, January 2008 to June 2008
Honors
PIMS Distinguished Visitor, January 2008 to June 2008; SIAM Fellow, 2010.
Research Interests
Inverse problems, nondestructive testing, wave phenomena, optics, photonics,
optimization, op-
timal design, homogenization methods, financial mathematics.
Ph.D. Students
1. Andrew Allers (Ph.D. 1994 Delaware) NSF Graduate Fellow, currently at Jane Street Cap-
ital.
2. Peter Kaup (Ph.D. 1995 Delaware), NSF graduate fellow, currently at Lockheed Martin.
16. Jose Orozco (Ph.D. 2009), currently at Vision Ease Lens.
Postdoctoral fellows mentored
1. Bruno Luong 5. Chiu-Yen Kao (
2004-2006
)
6. Carl Toews 10. Gabriela Martinez (
2011-present)
Service
Editorial service
SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, member of the editorial board, 1994-2002,
Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variation, member of the editorial board, 1995-
2002,
IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, editor of the Industry Corner column,
1995-2000.
Springer-Verlag seriesIMA Volumes, co-editor 2001-2004,
Springer-VerlagbookseriesMathematicsinIndustry,memberoftheeditorialboard,2002-
present,
Numerische Mathematik, member of the editorial board, 2004-present,
Inverse Problems, member of the editorial board, 2005-present,
SIAM Review, section editor of Survey and Review, 2006-2011,
European Journal of Applied Mathematics, member of the editorial board, 2005-present,
Inverse Problems and Imaging, member of the editorial board, 2006-present,
Math-in-Industry Case Studies, member of the editorial board, 2007-present,
Springer Graduate Text in Mathematics, member of the editorial board, 2012-present,
SpringerUndergraduateTextinMathematics,memberoftheeditorialboard,2012-present.
Mathematics community service
SIAM Membership Committee (1995-6),
SIAM Industrial Mathematics Committee (1999-2002),
Review Committee of INRIA s Program in Scientific Computing (2000),
SIAM Nominating Committee (2001-2003, 2008-present),
SIAM Committee on Committees and Appointments (2005-present). (2007-present)
Patent
Multifocal optical device design (with J. Wang and R. Gulliver), US patent 11/186468,
issued
May 2006.
Consulting
I have served as consultant to the following entities
Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola in 2006)
University of Northern Iowa
Invarium Inc
GMAC RFC
Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation
Vision Ease Lens
Publications
Articles in refereed journals
1. Inverse scattering techniques in geophysics (with R.W. Carroll), Applicable
Analysis,11