Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Associate Professor, Ghent University
Education
Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, USA
Ph.D. in Mathematics (August
2009)
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Advisor:
Professor Ricardo
Estrada
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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 (
), 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
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