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Fadil Santosa named next director of the U of M's Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 6/26/2007 ) -- University of Minnesota professor Fadil Santosa has been appointed the next director of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), an internationally recognized research center based within the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology. Santosa's appointment is effective July 1, 2008. Santosa was appointed to the position by Institute of Technology Dean Steven Crouch upon the unanimous recommendation of the IMA's Board of Governors, a 14-member governing board of distinguished mathematical scientists from across the country who work in industry and academia. Santosa will replace Doug Arnold, the IMA's director since 2001, who will remain a professor of mathematics at the University of Minnesota. Santosa, a professor at the University of Minnesota since 1995, brings more than 25 years of experience in the mathematical sciences and engineering to his new position. He began his career at Cornell University in the theoretical and applied mechanics department. He then worked for 10 years at the University of Delaware in the mathematical sciences and mechanical engineering departments. Santosa currently serves as director of the Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics and has been involved with the IMA, first as associate director for industrial programs from 1997 to 2001, and later as deputy director from 2001 to 2004. "I am a firm believer in the IMA's mission and I am truly honored to have been chosen to lead the institute," Santosa said. "The IMA has flourished under Doug Arnold's leadership and I am dedicated to ensuring its continued success." Santosa's research interests are in the areas of photonics, inverse problems, optimal design and financial data analysis. Santosa has served as a consultant for a number of companies and holds a 2006 patent for a spectacle lens design method. "Senior mathematicians from across the country expressed interest in the IMA director position," said Robert Kohn, a professor of mathematics at New York University who served as head of the IMA director search committee. "We ultimately decided that Fadil's combination of talents, skills and experience are optimal for the IMA." The IMA was established in 1982 by the National Science Foundation as a result of a national competition. The primary mission of the IMA is to increase the impact of mathematics by fostering research of a truly interdisciplinary nature, linking mathematics of the highest caliber and important scientific and technological problems from other disciplines and industry. The IMA includes more than 50 participating universities, corporations and government labs. Each year, the IMA involves more than 1,000 visiting researchers from around the world. ---------- |
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