Laura J. Biven, PhD
(Please contact me for a complete CV)
Education
- 1998-2003
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, UK
PhD
Thesis Title: Structure Functions, Cumulants and Breakdown Criteria
for Weak Turbulence
- 1994-98
University of Bristol, UK
Joint Honours Mathematics and Physics MSci (First Class)
Final Year Dissertation Title: A Model for Unconventional
Superconductivity in UPt3
- 1990-94
Greenhills High School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Professional Work Experience
- 2008--
Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs
Office of Science
US Department of Energy
- 2008
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Diplomacy Fellow
- 2005-7
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Risk Fellow
US Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ
- 2004-5
Member of the mathematics faculty
Bard High School Early College, New York City
- 2003-4
Post-doctoral Fellow
Max Planck Institute F\:ur Physik komplexer Systeme, Germany
- 2003
Visiting Scientist
The Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Prizes and Awards
- First Prize in the essay competition organized by the XIII
International Congress on Mathematical Physics, 2000. The winning essay
entitled "Weak-Wave Turbulence: a Tragic Super-hero of Turbulence Theory"
aims to interest the general public in the theory of turbulence.
- Three time first prize winner of the AAAS/Subaru Lesson Writing
Competition (2004, 2005, 2006)
Other Skills
- Computing
LaTeX, Excel, Mathematica, R, C++
- Languages
English (first language)
Spanish (fluent)
Italian (intermediate)
German (intermediate)
Publications
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