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Russel E. Caflisch

American mathematician and academic
Person Human Q17198672

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[24]
Date of birth
April 29, 1954, 1954[6]
Place of birth
Charleston
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
mathematician, academic, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles, New York University, New York University[15]
Field of work
applied mathematics, partial differential equation, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, materials science, Monte Carlo method, computational finance[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Position held
professor emeritus, professor emeritus
Educated at
New York University, Michigan State University
Award received
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[17][18][19]
Official website
courant.nyu.edu[42]
Doctoral advisor
Georgios C. Papanicolaou[16]
Doctoral student
Suneal Chaudhary, Jonathan Hwa Chung Luke, Oscar Orellana, John Lowengrub, Mahmoud Affouf, Michael Siegel, Gabriella Puppo, Willliam Morokoff, Bradley Scott Moskowitz, Gregory Chester Steele, David Senouf, Xiaofan Li, Shin-Shin Kao, Eliseo Chacon Vera, Hai Huy Vu, Youri Bae, Frederic G. Gibou, Pradeep Thiyanaratnam, Yang Wang, Hem Wadhar, Farzin Barekat, Lee Ricketson[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[43]
Academic appointment
UCLA Department of Mathematics, UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science, Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science[48]
Erdős number
+3[45]
Family name
Caflisch[39]
Given name
Russel, Edward[40][41]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[47]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society[20][21][22][23]
Name in native language
Russel E. Caflisch[44]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NYU Faculty Name Identifiers (PCC URIs in MARC Pilot and PCC Wikidata Pilot Project)[46]
🏷️ Also known as
en Russ Caflisch en Russel Caflisch en Russel Edward Caflisch en Russel E. Caflisch da Russ Caflisch da Russel Caflisch de Russel Caflisch de Russ Caflisch fi Russ Caflisch fi Russel Caflisch it Russ Caflisch it Russel Caflisch pl Russel Caflisch
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000137862884, 0000000084220430
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3121-1188
VIAF cluster ID
6467422
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87933582
GND ID
1296467597
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Russ Caflisch IPAM.jpg ↗
Curriculum vitae URL
www.math.ucla.edu
Freebase ID
/m/010lygmb
Google Scholar author ID
se_NEyoAAAAJ
IdRef ID
200647954
J9U entity ID
987007446969705171
MR Author ID
44180
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
33190
Prabook ID
3374006
Yale LUX ID
person/ec49f4ba-3c51-44a8-bbf7-77cae0d98411
ZbMATH author ID
caflisch.russel-e

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 7
applied mathematics, materials science, fluid dynamics, partial differential equation, Monte Carlo method, plasma physics, computational finance
Member of 4
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Academic appointment 3
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science, Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
Occupation 3
mathematician, university teacher, academic
Educated at 2
New York University, Michigan State University
Employer 2
University of California, Los Angeles, New York University
Position held 2
professor emeritus, professor emeritus
Award received 1
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Georgios C. Papanicolaou
Doctoral advisors 1
Georgios C. Papanicolaou
Given name 1
Edward
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Charleston
Sex or gender 1
male
← Director / manager 1
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
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Summary

Russel E. Caflisch was born on April 29, 1954[1], in Charleston[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], academic[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Russel E. Caflisch born?

Russel E. Caflisch's place of birth was Charleston[2].

What did Russel E. Caflisch do for work?

Russel E. Caflisch worked as a mathematician[3], academic[4], and university teacher[5].

What awards did Russel E. Caflisch receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[17], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18], and Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[19].

Related Entities

applied mathematics computational finance Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics materials science Michigan State University United States University of California, Los Angeles

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