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,