Athanasios Tzavaras
KAUST Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Athanasios (Thanos) Tzavaras specializes in mathematical modelling, analysis and computation of partial differential equations pertaining to fluid mechanics or modeling of materials.
Biography
Athanasios Tzavaras is a professor in KAUST's Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) program, and principal investigator of the Applied Partial Differential Equations (AppliedPDE) research group.
Professor Tzavaras obtained a Diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1981 from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He continued his studies in the United States, earning an M.Sc. in 1983 and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1985 from Brown University.
He held academic positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 2005, the University of Maryland from 2005 to 2009 and the University of Crete, Greece, from 2002 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2014. Additionally, he has held visiting positions at Purdue University, U.S., Stanford University, U.S., École Polytechnique, France and the Université Marie et Pierre Curie - Paris VI, France.
Tzavaras is a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics. He is Associate Editor of various journals and Corresponding Editor of the SIAM Journal for Mathematical Analysis.
Research Interests
Professor Tzavaras' research interests include mathematical modelling, analysis and computation of fluids and materials. He investigates hyperbolic conservation laws and the structure of fluid mechanics and elasticity equations.
Among his other interests are singularity formation in solid mechanics (cavitation and shear bands), multi-scale analysis, hydrodynamic limits and practical properties of fluids, kinetic models of dilute polymeric systems and discrete lattice dynamics.
Professional Profile
Awards and Distinctions
- Marie-Currie Fellow, 2002
- Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, 2024
Professional Memberships
- Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2024
- Member, American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2024
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Applied Mathematics, Brown University, United States, 1985
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Applied Mathematics, Brown University, United States, 1983
- Diploma
- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 1981