Education

  • Ph.D., Applied Mathematics
    • Indiana University, 1992.
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics
    • Indiana University, 1989.
  • B.S., Applied and Computational Mathematics
    • Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 1985.

    Professional Experience

  • 5/04 - present: Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan-Dearborn,MI
  • 5/98-4/04: Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
  • 9/92-4/98: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
  • 1986-1992: Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

    • Honors

  • Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award for visiting Comenius University,
    • Bratislava, Slovakia, May 22nd - June 9th, 2006.
    Center for Russian & East European Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

  • UM-Dearborn 2004 Chancellor's Recognition Award
    • for Outstanding Achievement in External Funding, October 2004.
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    • Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program Award for visiting
    National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 2004.
  • Faculty representative to address UM-Dearborn graduates, UM-Dearborn graduation ceremony, May 2004.
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn Faculty Distinguished Research Award, March 2003.

  • National Science Foundation Research Opportunity Award, CCR-0117602, July 2001 to June 2004.

  • Vice President, SIAM(Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
    • Great Lakes Section, May 2001 to May 2005.
  • SIAM award for attending ICIAM'99 in Edinburgh, Scotland, July, 1999.

  • American Mathematical Society award for attending ICM'98, Berlin-Germany, August, 1998.

  • Rackham Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 1997.

  • National Science Foundation travel award for women, December 1995.

  • Association of Women in Mathematics Minisymposium invited speaker, Hamburg, Germany, July, 1995.

  • SIAM travel grant award for women, 1993.

    • Research Interests and Publications

  • Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Modeling

  • Jennifer's resume and list of publications