Jasson Vindas
Associate Professor
Ghent University

Curriculum Vitae  

Current Position 

Associate Professor, Ghent University

Education

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA 
      Ph.D. in Mathematics (August 2009)
          Advisor: Professor Ricardo Estrada
          Dissertation: Local behavior of distributions and applications [pdf]
      M.S. in Mathematics (May 2005)

Utrecht University - Mathematical Research Institute (the Netherlands)
      Master Class Certificate (June 2007)

University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
       Honors Bachelor Degree in Mathematics (February 2002)

Academic Experience 

Ghent University
       Associate Professor                                 since 2017
       Assistant Professor                                 2012-2017
Research Foundation Flanders  
       Postdoctoral Researcher                          2009-2012
Louisiana State University
       
       Dissertation Fellow                                  2008-2009
       Teaching Assistant                                  2003-2006, 2007-2008 
       Research Assistant                                  2006-2007
University of Costa Rica
       Lecturer                                                 2002-2003
       Assistant                                                1999-2001
National University of Costa Rica
       Lecturer                                                 2003

Academic Honors and Awards

National and International Awards
• 2013 Costa Rica National Science Prize Clodomiro Picado T. (by the Costa Rica Ministry of Science and Technology) [Press Article]
• ISAAC Award 2013 (by the International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation)
• 2008 CONICIT Young Scientist Prize (by the Costa Rica National Council for Scientific Research)
Grants and Fellowships

• BOF grant (bofbaf4y202401155 ), Research Council of UGent, 2024-2028
Project: Extremal problems in Fourier analysis and abstract analytic number theory

• Research Foundation-Flanders grant (G067621N), 2021-2026
Project: Factorization theorems for smooth vectors of Lie group representations
• Research Foundation-Flanders grant (1510119N), 2019-2021
Project: Three open questions in theory of Beurling's generalized primes
• BOF grant (01J04017), Research Council of UGent, 2018-2022
Project: Wavelet methods in classical and functional analysis
• BOF grant (01J11615,  with A. Weiermann), UGent, 2016-2020
Project: Analytic combinatorics of the transfinite: A Tauberian approach
• Research Foundation-Flanders grant (1520515N), 2015-2018
Project: Asymptotic distribution of Beurling's generalized prime numbers
• BOF Starting grant (01N01014), Research Council of UGent, 2014-2018
Project: Quasianalytic and non-quasianalytic classes in Fourier analysis and approximation theory
• Research Foundation-Flanders grant (1214310N.00), 2009-2012
Project: Tauberian Methods in Generalized Function Theory and Applications
• LSU Travel Research Grant, 2006-2007. Supported by Louisiana State Board of Regents grant LEQSF(2005-2007)-ENH-TR-21.
• Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship Award. Louisiana State University, 2008-2009
• MRI (Netherlands) Master Class Fellowship, 2006-2007
Graduate Student Honors
• University's annual  Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science,             Engineering and Technology. Louisiana State University, May 2010
• College of Basic Sciences Distinguished Dissertation Award. Best 2009 Dissertation in the College of Basic Sciences. Louisiana State University, March 2010
• Certificate of Teaching Excellence. Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Spring 2008
• Pasquale Porcelli Award for Graduate Research Excellence. Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, December 2007
• Graduate School Enhancement Award. Louisiana State University, 2003-2007
• Graduate School Supplement Award. Louisiana State University, 2003-2007
• UNA Scholarship for Graduate Studies. National University of Costa Rica 2003-2007
Undergraduate Honors
• Honors Bachelor Degree Diploma (summa cum laude). University of Costa Rica, February 2002
• Best graduating mathematics major. University of Costa Rica, February 2002
• Honor scholarship. University of Costa Rica, 2000-2002
• Certificate of Academic Excellence (best student in Sciences). University of Costa Rica, 2001
• Certificate of Academic Excellence (best student in Mathematics). University of Costa Rica, 2001


Ph.D. students

Current Ph.D. students

• Michiel Huttener (Ghent University, 2021-present)
• Morgan Callewaert (Ghent University, 2023-present)
• Niels Charlier (Ghent University, 2023-present)
• Quinten Van Boxstael (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2024-present)
Former Ph.D. students

• Sanja Kostadinova (University of Novi Sad, 2014)
• Pavel Dimovski (University of Novi Sad, 2015)
• Andreas Debrouwere (Ghent University, 2018)
• Gregory Debruyne (Ghent University, 2018)
• Dorde Vuckovic (Ghent University, 2018)
• Lenny Neyt (Ghent University, 2020)
• Frederik Broucke (Ghent University, 2022)
• Bin Chen (Ghent University, 2024)


Postdocs

Current postdocs
• Gregory Debruyne. Supported by FWO and BOF fellowships (7 years).
• Frederik Broucke. Supported by FWO fellowship (3 years).
• Bin Chen. Supported by BOF fellowship (3 years).
Former postdocs

• Nurgissa Yessirkegenov. Supported by LMS early carrier grant (spring 2020).
• Andreas Debrouwere. Supported by FWO fellowship (2018-2021).
• Tommaso Bruno. Supported by FWO fellowship (2019-2022).
• Alberto Hernandez. Supported by UCR grant (spring 2023).
• Lenny Neyt. Supported by FWO fellowship (2020-2024).


Conferences/Workshops Organized or Scientific Committee Member

2nd Ghent-HFUT Analysis Workshop, Hefei, October 19-21, 2022 (co-organizer)
• International Conference on Generalized Functions (GF2022), Vienna, September 19-23, 2022 (member of the scientific committee)
Workshop on Functional and Complex Analysis 2022 (WFCA22), Valladolid, June 20-23, 2022 (member of the scientific committee)
Ghent-HFUT Analysis Workshop, Hefei, December 8-10, 2021 (chair of organizing committee)
13th ISAAC Congress, Ghent, August 2-6, 2021 (chair of organizing committee)
International Conference on Generalized Functions GF2020, August 31- September 4, 2020 (chair of organizing committee)
12th ISAAC Congress, Aveiro, July 29- August 2, 2019 (member of the scientific  committee)
The Belgian Mathematical Society PhD-day, Ghent, May 25, 2018 (co-organizer)
11th ISAAC Congress, Växjö,  August 14-18, 2017 (member of the scientific  committee)
• International Conference on Generalized Functions (GF2016), Dobrovnik, September 4-9, 2016 (member of the scientific committee)
International Workshop on Generalized Functions and Pseudo-differential operators, VI Congress of Mathematicians of Macedonia (VI CMM), Ohrid, June 15-18, 2016 (co-organizer)
Functional analysis special session.  Second Joint Meeting of the Belgian, Royal Spanish, and Luxemburg Mathematical Societies (BSL), Logroño, June 6-8, 2016 (co-organizer)

Member of Editorial Boards

Analysis Mathematica
Annals of Functional Analysis
Complex Analysis and Operator Theory
Bulletin Mathématique de la Société des Mathématiciens de la République Macédoine
Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones

Service to the Mathematical Community

• Mathematical Sciences panel member, Research Foundation Flanders (2022-2023)
• International collaboration committee member, Research Foundation Flanders (2024-present)
• Executive committee member, International Association for Generalized Functions (2016-present)
• Board member, International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computations (2016-2023)
• Board member, Belgian Mathematical Society (2014-2021)

Faculty Service

Exchange coordinator for mathematics
Member of the mathematics teaching committee
• Member of the science faculty internationalization committee

Member of the science faculty council

Visiting and Professional Meetings