This, therefore, is Mathematics:
She reminds you of the invisible forms of the soul;
She gives life to her own discoveries;
She awakens the mind and purifies the intellect;
She brings to light our intrinsic ideas;
She abolishes oblivion and ignorance which are ours by birth ...

----- Diadochus Proclus (410-485)

Hong Zhou

Professor

Department of Applied Mathematics

Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA 93943-5216

Email: hzhou AT nps DOT edu

Past and Recent Research Interests:

Liquid Crystal Polymers and Nanocomposites; Optical Glass Fibers; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Asymptotic Analysis; Search Theory; Mathematical Modelling in DoD applications

Education:

• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, May 1996

Thesis Advisor: Professor Alexandre J. Chorin

• Bachelor of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1990

Experience:

• 2013 - present Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School
• 2007 - 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School
• 2004 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School
• 2001 - 2004 Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, UC Santa Cruz
• 1999 - 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematics Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor M. Gregory Forest

Awards:

• Carl E. and Jessie W. Menneken Faculty Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2011

• Top 5% in Schieffelin Teaching Award polling, Naval Postgraduate School, 2011
• GSEAS Merit Award for Teaching, Naval Postgraduate School, 2008
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, 1993-1994, U.C. Berkeley

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