Jan S. Hesthaven
General Information
Born 10 December 1965
Education
2009 Dr.Techn, Technical University of Denmark
1995 PhD, Technical University of Denmark
1991 MSc Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Current Occupation
2017- Dean of EPFL School of Basic Science, EPFL, CH
2014- Academic Director, Scientific Computing and Application Support, EPFL, CH
2013- Professor of Mathematics, EPFL. CH
2013- Chair of Computational Mathematics and Simulation Science, EPFL, CH
2007- Adjunct Professor, DTU
Prior Occupations
2014-2017 President, Center for Advanced Modeling Science, CH
2013-2016 Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, US
2010-2013 Founding Deputy Director, Institute for Computational and Experimental Mathematics, Brown University, US
2006-2013 Founding Director, Center for Computation and Visualization, Brown University, US
2006-2010 Associate Chair of Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, US
2005-2013 Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, US
2002-2005 Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, US
1999-2002 Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, US
1995-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University, US
1995-1998 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University, US
Other Positions (boards, memberships, etc.)
2010 Member of evaluation committee for SIMULA Research Laboratory (Norway)
2012 Chairman of evaluation committee for Research in Information and Communication Technology in Norway: An Evaluation (Norway)
2013 Chairman of evaluation committee for INRIA Research Theme I: Computational Models and Simulation: External Evaluation (France)
2017 Chairman of evaluation committee for SIMULA Research Laboratory (Norway)
2018 Chairman of evaluation committee for INRIA Research Theme Earth, Environmental and Energy Sciences, France
2019 Member of Expert Committee for allocating basic research funds and research quality, Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark
2020 Chair of evaluation committee for mathematical science programmes in Cyprus
Other Research Related Assignments
Editor in Chief, SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, SIAM Publishing, USA
Editorial board member of Journal of Computational Physics, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis, Numerische Mathematik, Journal of Scientific Computing.
Evaluator of research applications for US Airforce of Scientific Research, US National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Research Council of Ireland, Research Council of the Netherlands, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Swiss National Science Foundation
20 years' experience with industrial collaborations, including with businesses and organisations such as NASA (USA), Comsol (Sweden), Hypercomp Inc (USA), and Akselos SA (Switzerland)
Permanent member of several Scientific Advisory Boards for international conferences
Awards and fellowships
2014 SIAM Fellow, Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, USA
2004 Philip J. Bray Award for Teaching Excellence in the Physical Sciences, Brown University, USA
2002 NSF Career Award, National Science Foundation, USA
2001 Manning Assistant Professorship, Brown University, USA
2000 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA
1995 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation, USA