Dr. Jason Frank

Biography

Jason E. Frank is a Professor of Numerical Analysis at Utrecht University, a position he has held since 2013. His research addresses the modeling, analysis, and computation of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and stochastic differential equations, with applications in atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics, as well as nonlinear waves and complex systems. Notably, he focuses on geometric integration and structure-preserving numerical methods. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas in 1992 and 1994, respectively. After his studies, Frank worked as a researcher in the mathematics departments at the University of Kansas and CWI in Amsterdam from 1995 to 2000, where he completed his PhD in numerical analysis at Delft University of Technology and CWI. His dissertation on parallel computing methods for ordinary and partial differential equations was finalized in April 2000. Prior to his current role, he served as a researcher at CWI from 2000 to 2013 and was appointed as a Full Professor at the University of Amsterdam in the Chair for Numerical Analysis and Dynamical Systems from 2010 to 2013. Additionally, he was the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematical Institute at Utrecht University from 2018 to 2022.

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