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I am an applied mathematician interested primarily in problems combining the theoretical and computational fluid dynamics with the theory of optimization and control. In addition, I also have a broad interest in applied mathematics and scientific computing. My research is a blend of fundamental investigations in core problems of hydrodynamics and more applied studies relevant for industrial fluid mechanics. I focus on the use of advanced mathematical methods to develop efficient computational algorithms and models useful for studying problems in fluid mechanics. During 2009-2019 I served as the Director of McMaster's School of Computational Science and Engineering. My current administrative responsibilities involve serving as the Chair of the Department.

[Academic Background]

2015 - present -- Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
2009 - 2015 -- Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
2004 - 2009 -- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
2000 - 2003 -- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Flow Control Lab at the University of California, San Diego (USA)
1996 - 2000 -- Doctoral studies at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) [doctorate "en cotutelle"]
1990 - 1995 -- Undergraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)

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[Honours, Awards, and Invitations]

2018-2022 -- Visiting Professorship at the University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland), (8 weeks)
2017 -- JSPS Visiting Fellow at Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan), (2 months)
2017 -- Visiting Professorship at Laboratoire de Mathématiques Raphaël Salem (Université de Rouen, France), (3 weeks)
2015 -- Visiting Professorship at Laboratoire de Mathématiques Raphaël Salem (Université de Rouen, France), (4 weeks)
2013 -- Visiting Professorship at Laboratoire de Mathématiques Raphaël Salem (Université de Rouen, France), (4 weeks)
2012 -- Visiting Professorship at Institut PPrime (Université de Poitiers, France), (6 weeks)
2011 -- Visiting Professorship at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), (1 month)
2009 -- Visiting Professorship at Université Bordeaux I (France), (1 month)
2008 -- Early Researcher Award (ERA)
2007 -- Visiting Position with the "Bridging the Gaps" program at the University of Sheffield, UK, (3 weeks)
2006 -- Visiting Professorship at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France), (1 month)
2005 -- Visiting Professorship at École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (France), (1 month)
2003, 2004 -- Visiting Professorship at École Normale Supérieure (France), (6 months)
2003 -- SHARCNET Chair in Scientific Computation
1998 -- Polish Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Best Paper Award
1998 -- Foundation for Polish Science Fellowship

[Journal Editorships]

International Journal of Computer Mathematics (Section B) -- member of Editorial Review Board (2010-2022)
Journal of Computational Science -- member of Editorial Review Board (2014-present)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A -- Guest Co-Editor of a theme issue "Mathematical problems in physical fluid dynamics, part 1 and part 2", 2022
Physica D -- Guest Co-Editor of a special issue "Applied and Computational Complex Analysis in the Study of Nonlinear Phenomena", 2024

[Organization of Events]

Workshop Vortex Dynamics: the Crossroads of Mathematics, Physics and Applications (The Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics in Hangzhou, China, December 2023)
Workshop Complex analysis: techniques, applications and computations -- perspectives in 2023 (Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, UK, July 2023)
Thematic Program on Applied and Computational Complex Analysis (Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, UK, Fall 2019)
Workshop on Extreme Events and Criticality in Fluid Mechanics (Fields Institute, April 2019)
SONAD 2017 (Hamilton, ON)
2016 CMS Winter Meeting (Niagara Falls, ON)
Thematic Program on Multiscale Scientific Computing (Fields Institute, January-April 2016)
Workshop on Modern Applications of Complex Variables (Banff, AB, January 2015)