Curriculum Vitae
Sergiy V. Borodachov
Business address:
102 French Building
School of Mathematics
Georgia Institute of Technology
686 Cherry Street
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0160
Phone: (404) 385-7531
E-mail: borodasv@math.gatech.edu
Website:
http://www.math.gatech.edu/~borodasv
Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics May 2006, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Thesis title: “Asymptotic properties of minimal energy points on rectifiable sets”, advisor – Professor E.B. Saff
Teaching certificate May 2006, Future Faculty Preparation Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
MS in Mathematics May 2004, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
MS in Mathematics (honors) July 1997, Dnepropetrovsk University, Ukraine. Thesis advisor – Professor V.F. Babenko
Experience
Fall 2006 – Present Visiting Assistant Professor (2 year appointment), Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Fall 2002–Spring 2006 Ph.D. student, Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
Fall 1999–Spring 2002 Tenure-eligible faculty position, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
Spring 1999 Temporary faculty position, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
Spring 1998 Temporary faculty position, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
Fall 1991–Spring 1997 Student, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
RESEARCH
Areas
Approximation Theory, Information Based Complexity, minimal energy problems, Geometric Measure Theory, Applied Harmonic Analysis
Research Experience
August 2006 – Present Work with the focused research group at the Georgia Institute of Technology (with Professors Yang Wang and Michael Lacey)
2005 (August) Work with the NSF sponsored group at Vanderbilt University (with Professors Edward Saff and Doug Hardin)
2004 (summer) Work sponsored by the Summer Research Award at Vanderbilt University
1997 – 2002 Work for the government-sponsored research projects "Extremal problems of analysis and their applications", registration number N 0198U003742, and “Theory of summation of series and functions and its applications”, registration number 0037N532U751
Grants and Awards
2006 Bjarni Jónsson Prize for Research for graduate students, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
2006 Travel grant to the AMS Southeastern Section Meeting, Florida International University, Miami, Florida ($500)
2005 Dissertation enhancement grant, Vanderbilt University ($2000)
2004 Summer research award, Vanderbilt University ($4000)
2004 Travel grant to the 5th International conference on Functional Analysis and Approximation Theory, Aquafredda di Maratea, Italy ($1000)
1998 Diploma of the All-Ukrainian competition of students’ research projects in Mathematics (for the MS thesis)
Research visits to other institutions
2007 Michigan State University, Nov. 19-20 (host: Dr. Yang Wang)
2007 University of Helsinki, October 1-12 (host: Dr. Pertti Mattila)
2006 Vanderbilt University, April 24-25 (hosts: Dr. Edward Saff and Dr. Doug Hardin)
2006 Vanderbilt University, December 8-9 (hosts: Dr. Edward Saff and Dr. Doug Hardin)
Professional Associations
2002 – Present Member of the American Mathematical Society
2006 Member of SIAM
Research related course taught
Spring 2002 Inequalities for norms of derivatives, Department of Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University
COLLEGE AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
– Stipend of the Zhovtnevyi district of the city of Dnepropetrovsk (fall 95, spring 96, 97)
– 4th place at the All-Ukrainian Mathematical Olympiad for college students (1996)
– Participation in the student mathematical circle (1994)
– Participation in the final round of the All-Ukrainian Mathematical Olympiad for college students (1993)
– 3rd place at the Mathematical competition in Dnepropetrovsk University (1993)
REFERENCES
Dr. Akram Aldroubi, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University,
Phone: (615) 322-6656, Stevenson Ctr. 1520, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240
E-mail: akram.aldroubi@vanderbilt.edu
Rena Brakebill, M.S., Assistant Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Phone: (404) 894-4746, Skiles 229, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0160
E-mail: brakebil@math.gatech.edu
Dr. Doug Hardin, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University,
Phone: (615) 322-6662, Stevenson Ctr. 1412, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240
E-mail: doug.hardin@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Edward Saff, Executive Dean, College of Arts and Science, Professor, Director of the Center for Constructive Approximation, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University,
Phones: (615) 322-7360, 322-2014, Stevenson Ctr. 1411, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240
E-mail: Edward.B.Saff@Vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Jo Ann
Staples, Director of Teaching,
Senior Lecturer, Department of
Mathematics, Vanderbilt University,
Phone: (615) 322-2802, Stevenson Ctr. 1332, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240
E-mail: jo.a.staples@vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Yang Wang, Chairman, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State
University,
Phone: (517) 355-9680, D207 WH, Dept. of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
E-mail: ywang@math.msu.edu,