Laura J. Biven, PhD

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