CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
Name: Mark Edelman
Address: 6629 Broadway,
Home phone: (718)796-2739
E-mail:
Fax: (212) 995-4121
Office phone: (212) 998-3180
http://cims.nyu.edu/~edelman/
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Title of thesis: Accretion
shock waves in AM Her objects and cloud-cloud collisions,
1975 M.S. Degree in Physics
and Computer Science,
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1995-present Research Scientist, Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences,
University.
Research in nonlinear
dynamics that includes:
1. Description of different dynamical systems (fractal
media, systems of long
range
interacting oscillators, etc.) by fractional differential equations and
numerical solution of such equations;
2. Numerical experiments in chaos. Topology of the phase
space of dynamical
systems
and its effect on transport and equilibrium properties. Anomalous diffusion in mathematical billiards and
plasmas. Numerical solution of fractional differential equations, data
analysis, underwater acoustics, and pseudochaotic transport in tokamak plasma.
3. Computer work includes:
a. Use of parallel systems for performing massive
computation. Codes are written in C and C++ and MPI is employed for
parallelization;
b. Software design includes codes written in Visual C++
for the analysis of the dynamical system;
c. Design of the interactive educational on-line
programs.
4 Courses taught at NYU: lecture course
“Elementary Statistics” (spring 2006) and recitation on “Quantum Mechanics”
(fall 2006). .
2002-present Adjunct professor,
Courses taught: “Thermodynamics and
Statistical Physics”, “Quantum
Mechanics”,
introductory course “Physical Universe” (each semester for the last
four years).
2004 Adjunct professor, Cooper Union. Teaching
advanced course “Statistical Physics”.
1993-1995 Visiting Scientist, Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences,
University.
Linear and nonlinear
stability of MHD shock waves and its effect on the variability
of radiation from binary
stars.
1994-1995 Instructor, Bramson Ort Technical
Institute. Courses taught: “Business Statistics”.
"Quantitative analysis", “Business
Mathematics”
1994 Adjunct professor,
1989-92 Lecturer at the
lecturing and managing the planetarium's 20 cm
telescope.
1980-90 Senior Research Scientist and Adjunct
professor, Rostov Pedagogical Institute.
1. As a leader of a
small group of researchers took part in the creation of a
catalogue of 400,000
stars in cooperation with Pulkovo Observatory;
2. Teaching “Astronomy”
for undergraduate students.
3. Corrugation
instability of radiative shocks and its role in AM Her objects and
supernova remnants.
4. Radio-wave
diffraction on a conductor with a multilayer dielectric cover.
1976-80 Research
Scientist,
1. Thermal evolution of gas with
primeval chemical composition (the contraction of
protogalaxies,
cloud-cloud collisions and star formation in early galaxies).
2. Anomalous resistance in
the Earth's ionosphere.
GRANTS, MEMBERSHIPS
1992
The American
Astronomical Society Grant awarded for the investigation of the stability of
oblique MHD shock waves.
Member of the American Physical Society. Referee
for the “Physical Review”.
TEACHING
2006 NYU: lecture course: "Elementary Statistics",
recitation: “Quantum mechanics”.
2002-present
Statistical
Physics", "Quantum Mechanics".
2004 Cooper Union: lecture course:
"Statistical Physics" for senior undergraduates.
1994-95 Bramson Ort Technical Institute: lecture courses:
"Business Statistics",
"Quantitative
analysis", “Business Mathematics”.
1994
1989-92 Lecturer at the
1980-90 Rostov Pedagogical Institute,
laboratory courses:
"General Astronomy" and "General Astrophysics", course
"Essential Computer
Programming" for staff.