Konstantina Trivisa

I am an applied mathematician holding a joint position at the Department of Mathematics, the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling at the University of Maryland. My research lies on the interface between nonlinear partial differential equations and continuum physics and focuses on applications in fluid dynamics, multiphase flows, continuum mechanics, materials science and math biology. My research has been recognized by a series of awards including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, The Faculty Early Career Award, The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) as well as a Simons Foundation Fellowship. I was also selected as ADVANCE Professor and Leadership Fellow at the University of Maryland for my work on issues of diversity and inclusion. I was selected in the 2023 Class of AWM Fellow by the Association for Women in Mathematics and in the 2023 Class of SIAM Fellows by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for outstanding contributions to analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, exemplary service, and excellence in mentoring of students and postdocs.

I currently serve as Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST), an internationally recognized center for interdisciplinary research and as Founding Faculty Director of the newly established Masters of Professional Studies in Quantum Computing. I served as Director of the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Program (AMSC) in the period July 1, 2007 to June 30 2018 and I was recognized with the 2018 Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies Award. AMSC is the largest interdisciplinary program in the country and is ranked among the very top applied math programs in the US.